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In 1993, a strange disease began to kill people in the Four Corners area of the Southwest near the Navajo Reservation. Before
it was all over, 26 people were dead the majority in the Four Corners region. The disease was traced to a group of viruses
called Hanta viruses. Western interest in this group of viruses dates to the 1950's and the Korean War, where it infected UN
troops. However some researchers believe it is endemic to the US. Producer Ann Finkbeiner travels to the region and talk
with scientists, doctors and Navajo medicine men. Weaving the traditions of the Navajo with modern themes, they explore
what it means when nature is out of balance and the messenger is the deer mouse.
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Programs by Ann Finkbeiner
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