How robots and spacesuits could aid Ebola prevention

Name: How robots and spacesuits could aid Ebola prevention
Uploaded: 2014-10-24T00:32:55Z
Duration: P531S
Description: The Ebola outbreak is still racing well ahead efforts to contain it. Can science and technology do more to slow the spread and save lives? John Holdren, the president’s top science adviser, sits down with science correspondent Miles O’Brien to discuss designing better safety gear, the outlook for vaccine testing and why the Obama administration is opposed to an Ebola travel ban.

Clip: 10/23/2014 | 8m 51s

The Ebola outbreak is still racing well ahead efforts to contain it. Can science and technology do more to slow the spread and save lives? John Holdren, the president’s top science adviser, sits down with science correspondent Miles O’Brien to discuss designing better safety gear, the outlook for vaccine testing and why the Obama administration is opposed to an Ebola travel ban.

Aired: 10/23/14

Rating: NR

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