Back three centuries. Every immigrant group has come through with every imaginable disease. Reporter if you want to tell the story of america through its chronology of health crises, then theres no better setting than Bellevue Hospital. The irish come first, and they allegedly bring with them cholera and tyfus. Then the germans and the jews come and tuberculosis becomes the big disease. Reporter Pulitzer Prize winner David Oshinsky writes the book about the storied new york city hospital. This is a tuberculosis balcony. Were here in the famous tb bellevue wards. It was believed fresh air would help. They would be here in the snow. Reporter and in the 1980s, bellevue was ground zero during the aids epidemic. More patients with aids come to bellevue and more patients with aids die at Bellevue Hospital. And the treatment of aids patients is a story of struggle and heroism and eventually helping to turn a deadly disease into a treatable one. Reporter with covid19 patients expected to fill
Its friday, so far so good with traffic time, and the green at this hour which is great. Traffic is usually in the yellow at this hour, only a 25 minute ride for you guys, the san mateo braves bridge, not really all that much ended eastbound direction, i actually have the Golden Gate Bridge. Darlene closures in the northbound direction, take a look, you are down to one lane northbound on the Golden Gate Bridge at this hour, that is due to construction with the eastside barrier, is usually cleared up but its a li te butwi be heing out of san this morning. The bay bridge still looks good at this hour. I have a live news desk video coming in out of china right now, this is the china paramilitary get at the stadium next to bridge, it links Mainland China to hong kong. The threat of force against pro democracy in hong kong according to those in the island, china says the drills were preplanned and are not directly related to the unrest in china, north korea also fired off another couple mis
Youre out here yesterday, starting at 8 a. M. And worked on about five or six getting all the hardware set up, the tubes that are going to launch the shells up in the air. Reporter the bay areas biggest show. The longduration shells are my favorite. Reporter Independence Day may signify a split from the brits but not necessarily from all the fog which was inching closer to Fishermans Wharf and the area by mid afternoon taking aim, yet again at ruining our are all of the hard work. I have seen it all, it is not a joke. I have seen it come and go in the same evening. I have seen it high and low, i thought many times it would be here and it isnt. I will wait until 9 30 and and tell you what is going to happen. Reporter with 10,000 shells set to take flight and explode over the course of 23 minutes civilians may be worried. I think we will hopefully see them right to the fog, i hope. I am hoping. It is called Wishful Thinking right . I know it hasllt tonight. We just kind of turn our backs
A government regulator says the storage and handling of large amounts of data by the Security Service mi5 is undoubtedly unlawful. The nhs contaminated blood inquiry hears how six siblings from one family were infected, and the impact on their mother. I think shed be alive if it wasnt for what happened because she was a strong woman and this, the tragedy has ripped her heart out. The road to the future electric cars are being used to help power a small portugese island in the atlantic so how does it work . Electricity flows out of the grid, down the cable and into the car. Its then stored in the battery until night time when it flows back out of the car, up the cable and into the grid to power peoples homes. And coming up on bbc news, argentinas first point in world cup history is good news for england, the lionesses just one win away from the knockout stages of the tournament. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An independent report has severely criticised oxfam for th