the nobel prize in physiology or medicine has beenjointly awarded to british scientist michael houghtonharles m rice for the discovery of hepatitis c virus. the nobel committee praised the trio for helping explain a major source of blood—borne hepatitis that could not be explained by the hepatitis a and b viruses. their work makes possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives, the committee said. and we can speak now to the virologist michael houghton, one of those awarded the 2020 prize in medicine. many congratulations. you've been working on this i think for many yea rs. working on this i think for many years. it didn't come as a surprise today, or were you thinking why has it taken so long? in between those two scenarios mainly. it's very nice of course to be awarded that, but i've been aware that it's been a possibility for many years. so it's very nice when it finally happened. congratulations, but it's interesting because you are quite slow to comment this. some people thought you haven't been told at the right time. when did you get the call? when did

harvey alter charles rice and michael houghton were honored for their groundbreaking research team back to the 1970 s. nobel committee says their discoveries helped save countless lives around the world let's take a look at the world of art now you can see behind me these images from a long overdue exhibit at london's national gallery we're going to go there now for the very latest on that thing. she was one of the most dazzling artists of the baroque and an intrepid pioneer are to means yet gentle a scheme be italian pain to use to work to raise the voice of women and fight for equality against all odds and this in the 17th century it was extremely challenging for women in the 17th century i mean they had sort of severe social restrictions but also as an artist i think you really had limitations this is the sort of restrictions on not being able to move about and see the art works on public display meant that she was really exposed to very little compared to say have male counterparts the exhibition shows 30 pictures from a remarkable career the daughter of painter or a tsunami gentles

harvey altera charles rice and michael houghton were honored for their groundbreaking research dating back to the 1970 s. and committee says their discoveries helped save countless lives around the world. 71000000 people that's how many suffer from a chronic hepatitis c. infection as estimated by the world health organization they have to try to see virus is transmitted through blood it often goes unnoticed for a long time slowly and silently attacking the liver infection can lead to diseases like liver cirrhosis or liver cancer a major reason people need a liver transplant the discovery of the virus led to huge medical breakthroughs really in saving discovery you know so it's critical to go to the to do beginning to really understand the basic original discoveries that he really enabled there's so much. that has happened so many. advances in syrup it's a terrific that's made possible but this initial discovery of the actually. when harvey alter discovered the hepatitis c. virus in 1909 it was the 1st step towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd n

alter, michael houghton, and charles m.e for the discovery of hepatitis c virus. >> the nobel assembly says the breakthrough helped explain the majority of blood-borne hepatitis cases that remained after the discovery of the hepatitis a and b viruses. it added the discovery of the hepatitis c virus made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives. hepatitis is a major global healthth problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer. a man who had been treated for hepatitis c was delighted to hear the announcement. >> translator: i think they should have gotten the award much earlier. the number of infections has not yet reached zero, so we hope further research will be taken so that no one will suffer. >> the world health organization estimates over 70 million people have chronic hepatitis c virus infections. >>> now turning to world weather with our meteorologist yoko komagata. we've been seeing storm alex in europe since the weekend and it's causing major floods. so how severe is the situation n

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss proved that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if they looked after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. . one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. well more on it's very important research i'm joined by from our science desk clear thanks for coming in we had a little bit there but tell us a bit more about today's winners well they all of the 3 from the u.s. and from europe. and this is actually the case fo

virus americans harvey alter and charles reiss along with british born scientist michael houghton areconsidered pioneers in their field well i think or we're you know sort of maybe for the 1st while i'm actually sort of. you know sort of what. a functional. you know the genome. which is more a name for him. the nobel committee says thanks to their discovery highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at hepatitis c. for the 1st time in history the disease can now be cured. hepatitis c. is a chronic disease found in the blood that can cause liver cancer and psoriasis many sufferers need liver transplants the world health organization estimates more than 70000000 cases worldwide with 400000 people dying from the disease every year. the discovery happened so long ago that the scientist weren't picking up their phones from the nobel committee to get the news i called them a couple of times before without any ounce or but once i reached them they were extremely surprised it has taken decades to

adler michael houghton and charles and rice the panel as the institute in stockholm awarded them the prestigious prize for their discovery of the have to tie in a senior virus now medicine prize that carries the tickler significance this year of the corona virus pandemic highlighting the importance of medical research for societies and economies around the world. let's get more with 5 correspondent eric williams who is here with us in the studio so tell us more about the winners and whether you were surprised with the well to be honest i'm almost always surprised i mean i've been doing this for a lot of years and there are always predictions everyone always has predictions and most of the time i think i've gotten it right twice in the last 15 years and that's that's 50 different prizes it isn't a surprise in the sense that this is a dangerous and deadly pathogen and the steps that these scientists took were very important to helping us get on top of that pathogen they were very fundamental and very basic so in that sense also against the current backdrop of the pandemic that we're go

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if it looked after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. . one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. top level professional cyclists rarely make beginners mistakes but that's exactly what happened at a warm day classic race in belgium world champion william allen phillipe was involved in the sprint finish with 4 other rivals he thought he'd won and raised his arms

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if. after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 17 people have been injured in a police car when police clashed with a protest is that a rally in the turkish capital bishkek demonstrators were protesting against the fish the results of

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if. after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus . there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. coronavirus continues to take a heavy toll on the entertainment industry today the world's 2nd biggest cinema operator city world announced that it's temporarily closing more than $700.00 theaters across the u.k. and the u.s. city world says the delay in major film releases

virus the work of americans harvey alter and charles rice and president michael houghton were all notes in stockholm. that said from a cancer the course is up next. this is counting the cost of al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week tensions in the south china sea over shrinking fish stocks as beijing sends out a naval armada to stake its claim the united states steps up plans to build in the ploy warships to the region also this week responsible capitalism the investors who got the chief executive of an astray in mind are fired after blowing up aboriginal sites. plus the 1st motor show during the pandemic we talked to the man behind valvo as electric and ask what damage the pandemic has done to the auto industry. competition for dwindling fish stock in the disputed south china sea creasing tensions china has sent out an armada of naval vessels to defend its claim to about 80 percent of the sea fisherman from surrounding nations say they've been harassed by chinese vessels what countries are unable to stand up to beijing are turning to the us for su

british scientist michael houghton, along with us researchers harvey alter and charles rice, won thextraordinary games in the premier league, with liverpool and manchester united conceding 13 goals between them. joe wilson takes a look back at last night‘s action. if you don‘t want to see what happened yesterday then, as the saying goes, look away now. liverpool‘s second choice goalkeeper helped aston villa to theirfirst goal. it‘s a partial explanation. but don‘t dwell purely on liverpool mistakes. aston villa were too strong, too committed, too good. if you sort of try to block shots, then they sometimes end up going in. commentator: it's 3—1, to aston villa! from exeter via weston—super—mare and brentford, 0llie watkins came to the premier league. he was disappointed to only score three last night. ross barkley, on his aston villa debut, just a little deflection. itjust goes for you, some days. it‘s just that all those "some days" happened on this sunday. six, yeah. but you make your own luck. and when aston villa have a player as good as jack grealish... commentator: and it's a m

michael houghton, who holds a phd from kings college london, shared the prize with american researchers eye of the critics. it's called st maud, a psychological horror film, written and directed by the up and coming british director rose glass. her debut stars morfydd clark — a welsh actress in her first lead role, who's also been singled out for praise. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been speaking to them both. maud, as she likes to be called, is a nurse, a carer who perhaps caresjust a little bit too much. it takes nothing special to mop up after the decrepit and the dying. she doesn't want to simply save lives, anyone can do that, she wants to save a soul. bless amanda's body. and bless her mind. it stars the 30—year—old welsh actress, morfydd clark, in herfirst major lead role. the challenges for me was dealing with a lot of subject matter that i feel quite passionately about, which is the nhs and how we treat workers there. and also, kind of, just struggling in loneliness and it was kind of thinking about that every day with trying not to obsess about that every day. the film wa

we'll talk to michael houghton shortly. good evening.start with some breaking news from the united states — because in a tweet this evening, president trump has announced — that after being diagnosed and treated for coronavirus last friday — he's to leave hospital within the next few hours. he's tweeted. .. well, donald trump's physician is due to give an update on the president's health within the next half hour. earlier today, we learned that the white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany and at least two other press aides have now tested positive for the virus. yesterday afternoon mr trump made an impromptu drive—by appearance for his supporters outside the hospital where he's being treated. let's discuss all this with our north america correspondent, larry madowo. hejoins us from he joins us from dc. hejoins us from dc. well, that he joins us from dc. well, that was quick. that was quick indeed. president trump essentially preempting his own medical team by announcing the big thing, that he is leaving at 6:30pm today, just about tw

altera michael houghton and charles and rice the panel at the institute in stockholm awarded them the prestigious prize for their discovery of the hepatitis c. virus the medicine prize carries a particular significance this year with the corona virus pens and make highlighting the importance of medical research for societies and economies around the world. so let's get more with 5 correspondent eric williams who is here with us in the studio so tell us more about the winners and whether you were surprised with this choice well to be honest i'm almost always surprised i mean i've been doing this for a lot of years and there are always predictions everyone always has predictions and most of the time i think i've gotten it right twice in the last 15 years and that's that's 50 different prizes it isn't a surprise in the sense that this is a dangerous and deadly pathogen and the steps that these scientists took were very important to helping us get on top of that pathogen they were very fundamental and very basic so in that sense also against the current backdrop of the pandemic that we're

monday, two american scientists and one british scientist -- harvey alter, charles rice, and michael houghton -- jointly won the 2020 nobel prize for medicine for their work in identifying the hepatitis c virus, which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer. the nobel peace prize will be announced on and those are some friday. of theeadlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman in new york city, joined by my co-host juan gonzez in nebrunswick, new jersey. hiuan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: in a shocking show of recklessness, president trump left walter reed national military medical center for the white house on monday evening, staging a series of photo ops as he walked out through its golden doors after a 72 hours day and boarded the presidential helicopter back to the white house to continue his treatment for covid-19. it was the beginning of a bizarre sequence of events that alarmed public health experts. at the white house, trump stepped off marine one and then ascended

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if it looked after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. . one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. you know watching it d.w. news from then next stephen business has a business news forget you can always get the latest news and information around the office on our website that's dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram but. i'm a backer of his tha

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if it looked after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. . one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. well lines of sport will start with television germany's alexander spare of has announced that he has had another negative test for corona virus this after he admitted playing with a fever in his 4th round loss of the french open he called for a doctor during the 1

harvey alter, charles rice and michael houghton discovered the hepatitis c virus in 1989. it kills more than 400,000op , worldwide, every year. rice now works at rosiefeller univ in new york. he says when the nobel committee called, he thought it waa prank. >> basically after a chat with them, he said, 'wellou don't believe me, i actually ost sort of go to the, go the nobel sort of site. and inn hour, hopefully, we'll convince you that this is, you know, sort of not, not a crank call.' s' woodruff: the nobel committee says the scientiork has greatly reduced the chances of blood transfusionstis c through the u.s. supreme court kicked off its w term today, with toly eight justices. they paid tributheir late colleague ruth bader ginsburg, in a conference held by phone due to the pandemic. chief justice john roberts remembered ginsburg as "a dear friend and a treasured colleague." and, wall street started the week with fresh hopes of new covid economic aid from congress. the dow jones industrial averagd ga65 points to close at 28,148. the nasdaq rose 257 points, d, the s&p 500

towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd nobel laureate michael houghton then succeeded in isolating the d.n.a. of the newly found virus and finally charles reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes liver disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if. after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. . one could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. there's still no vaccine for hepatitis c. the research for that is ongoing but today the world health organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of today's nobel prize winners. on it's very important research i'm joined by a. science desk thanks for coming in we had a little bit there but tell us a bit more about today's winners well they all of the 3 from the u.s. and from europe what and this is actually the case for most. of the nobel prize lau

the winners are british scientist michael houghton and us researchers harvey alter and charles rice.ial figures last week. president trump is criticised after taking a ride in a motercade to greet supporters outside the medical centre where he's being treated for coronavirus. cineworld confirm they are to close 127 cinemas in the uk, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. rescue teams in france and italy are continuing to search for survivors from the flash floods caused by storm alex. at least four people have died and up to 20 are still missing — including a group of eight people who were seen being swept away. paul hawkins reports. this was the picturesque town of breil—sur—roya in the french alps. but four months of rain in just one day meant devastating landslides have cut off the town. translation: all i worry about is my kids down the valley. i can't reach them. i have medicine, i have everything i need to but it is stress, it is anguish. rescue efforts are concentrated here with roughly 1,000 firefighters backed by helicopters and the army, the french government declaring the wide

. >> the winners alter and rice and michael houghton wildfires have burned more than 4 million acres.and larger than the state of connecticut. pennsylvania voter registration website appears to be back on line after being down for much of the weekend you are up to date that's the news update back to you. >>> sue, thank you session highs here dow reclaiming 28 k this morning. we wait foreword on whether the president can leave the hospital today and whether a stimulus deal can be patched together roger atman will weigh on all of that and more in a moment. >>> only 29 days to go to the election the president still recovering more on the state of both campaigns with a month to go >> with president trump, his campaign manager, closest advisors and head of his party all sidelined with covid shuffling mike pence and the first family to the forefront. so long as he and his wife continue to test negative, he will debate with kamala harris on wednesday with more distance before holding rallies in arizona. despite his repeated exposure to covid cases. the senior advisor now the de facto campaig

british scientist michael houghton, along with us researchers harvey alter and charles rice, won thef the earth's rarest and most coveted wonders" will go on sale in hong kong today. the 102 carat flawless, oval white diamond is the second—largest of its kind ever to be offered at an auction. if it is sold, it will be only the eighth white, regular—shaped diamond over 100 carats ever to have been sold at an auction. the stone, originally a 271—carat rough diamond, was discovered in ontario, canada in 2018. it was then cut to its present size and polished for more than a year. now it's time for a look at the weather, with louise. there is a chance you could encounter a few showers of the next showers over the next couple of days, but in comparison to the weekend just past, that is an improving picture. we also started today with some blue sky and sunshine, as you can see in highland scotland. but the soggy cloud feels a legacy of the weekend just past and we are still under an area of low pressure, which will drive the story for monday and tuesday. weather front out to the west, enhan

of the fields of physiology or medicine this year's is a trio of berber ologists harvey alter michael houghton and charles and rice paddy all at the institute in stockholm award of them the prestigious prize for their discovery of the hepatitis c. virus. the medicine prize carries tickler significance this year with the coronavirus and democrat alike me importance of medical research for society youth and economies around the world. let's get more with 5 correspondent eric williams who is here with us in the studio so tell us more about the winners and whether you were surprised with this choice well to be honest i'm almost always surprised i mean i've been doing this for a lot of years and there are always predictions everyone always has predictions and most of the time i think i've gotten it right twice in the last 15 years and that's that's 50 different prizes it isn't a surprise in the sense that this is a dangerous and deadly pathogen and the steps that these scientists took him were very important to helping us get on top of that pathogen they were very fundamental and very basic so in t