From the Evening Shift: Kathleen Sebelius on Haiti Relief

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 04:18 PM

Alex here, manning the evening shift.

Always on the hunt for a good conversation with American newsmakers, we'll be talking with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius tomorrow. She'll update as on U.S. relief efforts in Haiti.

In general, our continuing coverage of the aid efforts in Haiti have sparked a slew of questions in our editorial team. After a doctor we reached mentioned treating bloody patients without gloves, we're trying to sort out how Haiti's rate of HIV/AIDS (2.2 percent of the population) hinders or alters aid efforts. That might be on the show tomorrow, or later in the week. We also want to compare mobilization of international relief this past week, with past disasters like the tsunami of 2004, so we're gathering some experts who have worked on, or studied both. We've found some fascinating music from Haiti too, so we'll take some time to share that. 

And we love elections. So we'll go live to the polling booths in Massachusetts, where Democrats are getting a shockingly tight run for their money in the race to fill the Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat. 

Plus a few surprises, because, hey, this is live radio.

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