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A researcher works on creating a vaccine for COVID-19.

PBS NewsHour

What you need to know about the race for a coronavirus vaccine

Isabella Isaacs-Thomas, writing for PBS NewsHour, looks at ongoing efforts to create and test a vaccine for COVID-19 as various vaccine candidates move through clinical trials. Vaccines normally go through around a decade of research and evaluation before finally being approved for commercial use, but as Isaacs-Thomas writes, public health officials have determined that the urgency of the pandemic demands a significantly expedited version of that process.

A macaque pulls the tail of one of the spycams that is disguised as a monkey

Nature

Spy in the Wild: Bad Behavior

Spy Creatures infiltrate the underground world of animal mischief, crime, and retribution. Spy Monkey is caught between crossfires as real monkeys fight over beach bar alcohol. Spy Egret is also a waterhole victim when elephants throw mud everywhere. Watch now.

Dr. Wayne Tuckson speaks with endocrinologist Dr. Fred Williams.

Kentucky Health

Diabetes: It’s More Than Just Sugar

Kentucky Health focuses on diabetes in the commonwealth, examining rising rates of diabetes and prediabetes and discussing treatment options including insulin pumps, medications and lifestyle changes. Host Dr. Wayne Tuckson welcomes endocrinologist Dr. Fred Williams, who practices with the University of Louisville Physicians-Endocrinology and Diabetes Associates.

Group photo at the Headquarters for Colored Women Voters. Chicago, IL, 1916.

American Experience

The Vote: Part Two

Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women's fight for the vote. Watch now.

Actor portrayal of a female viking warrior

Secrets of the Dead

Viking Warrior Queen

Join a team of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female warrior buried inside, rewriting our understanding of Viking society. Watch now.

Kentucky Supreme Court

Commonwealth of Kentucky Ex Rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary of the Governor’s Executive Cabinet v. Stars Interactive Holdings (IOM) Ltd.

At issue is whether the Commonwealth is “any other person” who has standing to bring claims under the Loss Recovery Act and whether the complaint sufficiently stated a cause of action against the Appellees. On the cross-motion, issues involved are whether the internet gambling sites are “winners” under the Loss Recovery Act from which recovery may be obtained, whether the trial court accurately calculated the damages, and whether treble damages were warranted by the circumstances in this matter. Oral arguments heard on July 2, 2020.

Kentucky Supreme Court

Commonwealth v. Crowe

At issue is applicability of the domestic violence exemption from “violent offender” characterization of a husband who pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter of his verbally and physically abusive wife. Did the abuse occur “with regard to” the manslaughter? Oral arguments heard on July 2, 2020.

The Great Demand, demanding American women's right to vote, unveiled at the Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C. March 1913.

American Experience

The Vote: Part One

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. Watch now.