Medical Investigation
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| Created by | Jason Horwitch |
| Starring |
Neal McDonough Kelli Williams Christopher Gorham Anna Belknap Troy Winbush |
| Composer(s) | Danny Lux |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Landscape Television NBC Universal Television Studio Paramount Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 9, 2004 – March 25, 2005 |
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| Related shows |
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Medical Investigation was an American medical drama television series that began September 9, 2004, on NBC. It ran for 20 one-hour episodes before its cancellation in 2005. The series was co-produced by Paramount Network Television (now CBS Television Studios) and NBC Universal Television Studio (now Universal Television).
The series featured the cases of an elite team of medical experts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) who investigate unusual public-health crises, such as sudden outbreaks of serious and mysterious diseases. In actuality, medical investigative duties in the United States are normally the responsibility of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health departments, while the NIH is primarily a disease-research and -theory organization.
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