Thursday, May 10, 2001

Malaria

10 a.m. (ET)

An anonymous donor gave John Hopkins University Medical Centers $100 million to establish an institute for developing better treatments and a vaccine for malaria, a disease that kills more than a million people each year. A panel explains...

Deborah Tannen: "I Only Say This Because I Love You" (Random House)

11 a.m. (ET)

Deborah Tannen, a linguist and leading expert on the ways people communicate, examines conversation within families in her new book. It might be helpful to listen in before Mothers' Day (this Sunday!).

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.