Week of October 25, 2006

Missourians Against Human Cloning (via YouTube)

Video: Response Ad to Michael J. Fox
Oct. 25, 2006
From Missourians Against Human Cloning (Running time: 1:01)

The New York Times

Video: Michael J. Fox Appears in Commercial for the Missouri Senate Race
Oct. 25, 2006
"The actor Michael J. Fox appears in this ad, criticizing Missouri Senator Jim Talent's lack of support for expanding stem-cell research." (Running time: :29)

Video: Ground Zero Dust and Disease
Anthony DePalma
Oct. 24, 2006
"Anthony DePalma looks at the vexing debate over whether exposure to World Trade Center dust caused the death of Felicia Dunn-Jones." (Running time: 4:31)

BBC News

Video: Conference Deals with Suicide Aftermath in Northern Ireland
Tara Mills
Oct. 25, 2006
"Ways of dealing with the aftermath of suicide have been discussed at a conference in West Belfast. Bereaved families came together to launch a ribbon to raise awareness of the problem." (Running time: 1:58)

Video: Brain Warning in Cannabis Ad
Sophie Raworth
Oct. 22, 2006
"A TV advert warning of the damage cannabis can do to the brain will be screened as part of a drugs awareness campaign. Drug helpline Frank says the advert, set in a futuristic brain shop, is targeted at teenagers." (Related story) (Running time: 1:20)

CBS Evening News

Video: Female Genome Map Holds Hope
Dr. Jonathan LaPook
Oct. 24, 2006
"The most comprehensive map yet of the female genome may help doctors predict who will get sick and perhaps even how diseases can be treated and prevented." (Related story) (Running time: 2:46)

Video: Hope Floats at Seaport Foundation for At-Risk Youths
Katie Couric
Oct. 24, 2006
"The Alexandria Seaport Foundation [in Virginia] looks and sounds like your everyday, run-of-the-mill woodshop. But as the foundation builds boats, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reports, it's also rebuilding lives." (Related story) (Running time: 3:15)

Video: The Most Obese European Nation
Elizabeth Palmer
Oct. 24, 2006
The United Kingdom officially has more obese people per capita than any other European country. British officials are taking an aggressive stance against the epidemic. (Running time: 2:19)

CNN

Video: Statins and Lung Disease
Judy Fortin
Oct. 24, 2006
"A new study reports that drugs used to lower cholesterol work on chronic lung disease." (Running time: 1:53)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Why Your Baby Should Get a Flu Shot
Oct. 24, 2006
"The biggest study ever to look at the side effects of flu shots in children confirmed that the vaccine is safe for babies and toddlers, reports NBC’s Rehema Ellis, while NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks to NBC’s Brian Williams about what it means for parents." (Related story) (Running time: 4:21)

ABC World News Tonight

Video: Treatment Could Risk Lives It's Supposed to Save
John McKenzie
Oct. 24, 2006
"Popular heart disease treatment could be causing heart attacks for patients." (Running time: 2:34)

National Public Radio

Audio: School-in-a-Box Helps Children in Quake-Hit Kashmir
Michele Norris
Oct. 20, 2006
"A year after a powerful earthquake devastated South Asia's Kashmir region, UNICEF is providing a unique kind of emergency relief: its School-in-a-Box program. Each aluminum box contains classroom supplies for up to 80 students, and 10,000 kits were distributed in Pakistan over the past year. The 110-pound boxes are often carried by donkeys or small boats." (Running time: 5:45)

Audio: Ivory Coast Tragedy Exposes Toxic Flow to Poor
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
Oct. 20, 2006
"Two months after hundreds of tons of toxic waste were dumped in and around the West African city of Abidjan, in Ivory Coast, the putrid stench and poisonous fumes have faded. An international scandal has not." (Running time: 6:51)

Week of October 18, 2006

CBS Evening News

Video: A Chemical Straightjacket for Foster Kids?
Byron Pitts
Oct. 18, 2006
"There is growing concern that anti-psychotic drugs are being misused on kids in foster care. Chief national correspondent Byron Pitts reports." (Related story) (Running time: 3:15)

Video: Mentoring Prisoners' Children
Wyatt Andrews
Oct. 17, 2006
"The number of juveniles arrested for murder last year jumped nearly 20 percent. As the Justice Department tries to get to the root of the problem, Wyatt Andrews looks at one possible solution." (Related story) (Running time: 2:52)

Video: Where's The Good Stuff On Food Labels?
Sharyl Attkisson
Oct. 15, 2006
"The FDA requires food makers to disclose an array of bad stuff on their labels, such as the amount of sugar, salt and fat. But it's not so easy to get something promising that food might do on the label, Sharyl Attkisson reports." (Related story) (Running time: 2:18)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Oncologists Profiting from Medicare Project
Lisa Myers
Oct. 18, 2006
"Last year, Medicare officials came up with a $300 million project to improve the quality of care for chemotherapy patients. 230,000 Medicare patients actually were charged for being part of the project." (Related story) (Running time: 2:46)

BBC News

Video: Uganda Truce on Shaky Ground
Adam Mynott
Oct. 18, 2006
"There are fears the fragile truce between Uganda's government and Lord's Resistance Army fighters may soon collapse. The rebels say that their troops have been attacked by Ugandan army units. Adam Mynott reports." (Running time: 1:18)

Video: India Hit by Dengue Outbreak
Sanjoy Majumder
Oct. 18, 2006
"Health authorities in India are battling a severe outbreak of dengue fever which has killed 94 people so far. School students are helping to spread awareness about the mosquito-borne virus. Sanjoy Majumder reports from Delhi." (Running time: 1:45)

National Public Radio

Audio: Fish Monitors Water for Contamination
Richard Gonzales
Oct. 18, 2006
"America's war on terrorism has a new foot soldier. But it doesn't actually have feet. A hyper-sensitive little fish is a key part of a high-tech system for monitoring public water supplies." (Running time: 3:52)

CNN

Video: Plight of the Uninsured
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Oct. 17, 2006
"CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta meets a couple who are part of a fast-rising group: those without health insurance." (Running time: 4:07)

Video: Indian Surrogacy
Satinder Bindra
Oct. 17, 2006
"As CNN's Satinder Bindra reports, women in India are delivering babies for a bargain." (Running time: 7:17)

Video: African Adoptions
Jeff Koinange
Oct. 16, 2006
"As CNN's Jeff Koinange reports, unwanted children are becoming one of Africa's fastest growing 'exports'" (Running time: 3:38)

Video: New Sex Ed Law in Argentina
Carolina Cayazzo
Oct. 15, 2006
"Argentina's new law calls for sex education in schools. CNN's Carolina Cayazzo reports." (Running time: 2:03)

Week of October 11, 2006

BBC News

Video: WHO Calls for Malaria Action
Fergus Walsh
Oct. 11, 2006
"The World Health Organisation is calling for new efforts to curb the number of deaths from malaria. Fergus Walsh visited Ghana to see how the African nation is taking steps to combat the mosquito-transmitted disease." (Running time: 3:56)

CNN

Video: Smoking Ban Boosts Health
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Oct. 11, 2006
"Studies show smoking bans have a positive impact on health." (Running time: 2:21)

Video: Signing Up To Slim Down
Alina Cho
Oct. 11, 2006
"Military women are more likely to suffer from eating disorders." (Running time: 2:22)

The New York Times

Video: A Simple Solution for Clean Drinking Water
Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Oct. 10, 2006
"Donald G. McNeil Jr. demonstrates how a new personal water filter, worn around the neck, could help ensure people around the world have clean water to drink." (Running time: 2:09)

CBS Evening News

Video: Strengthening School Security
Cynthia Bowers
Oct. 10, 2006
"Amid recent shooting tragedies, President Bush convened a meeting of school safety experts. As Cynthia Bowers reports, one Midwest school may be a model for the nation." (Related story) (Running time: 1:59)

Video: Spray for Bacteria-Free Meat
Bianca Solorzano
Oct. 10 2006
"Scientists in Baltimore, Maryland are harnessing billions of microscopic organisms in a war against bacteria such as E. coli, listeria and salmonella. Bianca Solorzano has more on phage sprays." (Related story) (Running time: 2:19)

PBS: P.O.V.

Video, Interviews: 'Maquilapolis'
Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre
Oct. 10, 2006
"Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive factories owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen and Lourdes work at maquiladoras in Tijuana, where each day they confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos."

National Public Radio

Audio: Burundi's Free Health Care Saves Lives, Faces Fight
Michael Kavanagh
Oct. 8, 2006
"The chance of dying during childbirth is far higher in Africa than in industrialized nations. But for pregnant women in the tiny central African country of Burundi, that danger eased this year when the government began offering free medical care." (Running time: 4:33)

ABC World News with Charles Gibson

Video: Pakistan Earthquake Zone One Year Later
Gretchen Peters
Oct. 8, 2006
"Earthquake victims still struggle amid an overload of needy cases." (Related story) (Running time: 1:52)

Week of October 4, 2006

The New York Times

Video: Frail or Hearty?
Gina Kolata
Oct. 5, 2006
"Scientists say that physical fitness may prevent the onset of frailty and declining health in people like 71-year-old runner Witold Bialokur." (Running time: 3:41)

CNN

Video: Controversial HIV Campaign
Chris Lawrence
Oct. 5, 2006
"A controversial AIDS awareness campaign says the illness is a gay disease." (Running time: 2:08)

Video: African Peacekeepers Lonely Task
Jeff Koinange
Oct. 4, 2006
"African peacekeepers lack the assets to succeed as they toil to prevent genocide." (Running time: 3:31)

Video: Neglect in North Darfur
Jeff Koinange
Oct. 3, 2006
"Violence, poverty and hunger are destroying North Darfur." (Running time: 3:08)

Video: A Shot at a Healthier Future
Keith Oppenheim
Oct. 2, 2006
"Some diabetes patients may be able to switch to pills." (Running time: 3:01)

Video: China Fights Olympic Pollution
Stan Grant
Oct. 2, 2006
"CNN's Stan Grant reports how one of the world's most polluted countries is trying to clean up." (Running time: 2:09)

Video: Obesity and Immigrants
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Sept. 30, 2006
"CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a program in Chicago that warns newcomers about junk food." (Running time 2:04)

BBC News

Video: Pakistan Quake Survivors Face Winter
Dan Isaacs
Oct. 4, 2006
"Survivors of last year's earthquake in Pakistan face another winter without proper shelter, according to the charity Oxfam. At least 1.8 million people are affected and there is frustration at the slow pace of reconstruction." (Running time: 1:48)

CBS's The Early Show

Video: Anorexics Denied Insurance Coverage
Melinda Murphy
Oct. 4, 2006
"Most experts agree that eating disorder are the deadliest of all mental illnesses, but treatments for anorexia is expensive and difficult to get. Many insurance companies force families into a life-or-death struggle for coverage." (Related story) (Running time: 5:48)

CBS Evening News

Video: A Secret Source of Calories
Elizabeth Kaledin
Oct. 3, 2006
"Consumers may be surprised to discover that many of their favorite foods such as hot dogs and ravioli contain sugar in the form of high fructose corn syrup." (Running time: 2:48)

Video: New Cold Medicine Restrictions
Bianca Solorzano
Sept. 30, 2006
"New federal regulations now require pharmacies to restrict sales of cold medications in an effort to curb production of methamphetamines." (Running time: 2:02)

ABC World News with Charles Gibson

Video: Innocence Lost -- Gun Violence in Schools
Dean Reynolds
Oct. 2, 2006
"Recent violence points to a deadly trend within America's schools." (Running time: 1:48)

National Public Radio

Audio: Living on a Dollar a Day in Malawi
Suzanne Marmion
Oct. 1, 2006
"Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with more than half of its population living on less than $1 a day. But the people of Malawi may have reason to celebrate. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have announced that 90 percent of the country's debt will be forgiven. In spite of that good news, it will still be some time before Malawian families, like the Phiris, can relax their strict budgets." (Running time: 5:50)