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When people say New Orleans isn't what it used to be they're not only referring to how much the city has changed in the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, but also about what's still missing.In our final episode, host Terry Baquet brings of stories of things that were lost like neighborhood schools and a longstanding hospital and one of something that came back but greatly reduced like the formerly robust public transit system.What Was Lost, is a podcast from Verite News and WWNO and WRKF.

A culturally rich city three century old city like New Orleans is teeming with history. When Katrina tracked through the area, and the levees broke, and the flood waters rose it enveloped many historical places and pieces. Our host Terry Baquet brings us stories of lost history some historical some personal from Fats Domino's pianos to a reporter's lost awards for the kind of reporting that forewarned a disaster like Katrina.What Was Lost, is a podcast from Verite News and WWNO and WRKF.

It’s been 20 years since a train service along the Mississippi Coast from Mobile to New Orleans was possible. Hurricane Katrina put a stop to that service. But in August, the train finally came back.

There are fundamental differences between viruses and bacteria. Both of them, we call “microbes” or “germs,” but they look almost nothing alike.

Some scientists and health experts are racing to find treatments and to develop a vaccine to stop the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. And others are saving lives in a different way, by developing mathematical models.

It’s becoming increasingly clear our era will be defined by a fundamental split: the period before COVID-19, and the new normal that will emerge in the…

In the fields of medicine and pharmacology, drugs have historically been discovered either by identifying active ingredients from traditional remedies, or by serendipity, similar to how penicillin was discovered in 1928. But modern scientists have found an alternative method that makes the hunt for new pharmaceuticals quicker, cheaper and more effective.

You could say this past year has been...stressful. The coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of people, and the stress of it all can easily get to anyone. However, too much stress can take a toll on our bodies if we’re not careful.