Week of September 27, 2006

The New York Times

Video: Part 1 -- Water Woes in India
Somini Sengupta
Sept. 29, 2006
"Indians are lacking basic services like water and sewage disposal. The Times's Somini Sengupta tours the noxious Yamuna river and the slums lining its banks." (Part 1; Running time: 3:06)

Video: Part 2 -- Water Woes in India
Somini Sengupta
Sept. 29, 2006
"Indians are lacking basic services like water and sewage disposal. The Times's Somini Sengupta tours the noxious Yamuna river and the slums lining its banks." (Part 2; Running time: 4:21)

BBC News

Video: China Trades Prisoners' Organs
Rupert Wingfield Hayes
Sept. 27, 2006
"China has become a world centre for organ transplants, but many of the organs come from executed prisoners. The BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes went undercover in China to investigate the dark side of the industry." (Related story) (Running time: 4:01)

Video: Italian Man Asks for Right To Die
Dominic Hughes
Sept. 27, 2006
"A severely ill Italian man, Piergiorgio Welby, has made a plea to his country's president to be allowed to die. Assisting a death in Italy is a crime that carries a jail sentence." (Running time: 2:03)

National Public Radio

Audio: French Prepare To Face Tighter Anti-Smoking Laws
Eleanor Beardsley
Sept. 27, 2006
"In France, where smoking is ubiquitous, an existing ban covering office buildings, public transportation and schools is only loosely enforced. But next month, an official commission is expected to recommend tightening the law." (Running time: 3:41)

Audio: Vaccine May Eliminate E. Coli in Cattle
Sarah McCammon
Sept. 26, 2006
"It's not yet clear how E. coli 0157 H7 contaminated spinach during the recent nationwide outbreak. One likely source of the E. coli bacterial strain is cattle waste, which could have tainted irrigation water used to grow the spinach. Cattle can tolerate the bacteria with no problems, but E. coli can cause severe illness and even death in humans. At a University of Nebraska research feedlot near Lincoln, researchers are now working on an E. coli vaccine that would be given to cattle instead of humans." (Running time: 4:12)

CBS's The Early Show

Video: Clean Hands, Good Health
Dr. Emily Senay
Sept. 22, 2006
"A new survey sponsored by the soap and detergent industry says a lot of people have forgotten the basics of washing hands. Dr. Emily Senay gives a refresher course." (Related story) (Running time: 3:08)

Week of September 20, 2006

Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

Video: Webcasts from the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Sept. 20-22
Via the Kaiser Family Foundation
"As the official webcaster of the 2006 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, September 20-22, kaisernetwork.org will provide live and archived coverage as well as transcripts and podcasts of events."

BBC News

Photo Slideshow: Zimbabwe's AIDS Orphans
James Elder
Sept. 20, 2006
"James Elder, working for the children’s charity UNICEF in Zimbabwe, describes how AIDS is affecting family life in the southern African country. Zimbabwe’s is the world's fastest-shrinking economy outside a war zone -- unemployment has reached more than 70% and inflation recently topped 1,200%."

Video: Living with Manic Depression
Sept. 19, 2006
"Manic depression affects around one in 100 people in the UK but it is a condition rarely spoken about openly." (Running time: 7:09)

CNN

Video: Deadly Medical Mixups
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Sept. 20, 2006
"CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports medication errors at hospitals are not all that uncommon." (Running time: 3:02)

Video: E. Coli Command Center
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Sept. 20, 2006
"The CDC continues looking for the source of E. coli contamination of spinach. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports." (Running time: 2:02)

CBS Evening News

Video: Still No Anthrax Answers
Jim Stewart
Sept. 19, 2006
"Five years after the start of a series of anthrax attacks, the FBI says it's no closer to solving a mystery that left five people dead. Jim Stewart has more." (Related story) (Running time: 2:10)

ABC News: World News with Charles Gibson

Video: Heartburn's Hidden Dangers
Dr. Tim Johnson
Sept. 18, 2006
"What may seem like a minor annoyance could be a major link to cancer." (Related story) (Running time: 2:45)

Week of September 13, 2006

ABC World News with Charles Gibson

Video: A Big Boost in the Fight Against Poverty
Martin Seemungal
Sept. 13, 2006
"The fight against poverty got a big boost [Wednesday]. George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist, has pledged $50 million to the United Nations' Millennium Villages project in Africa...Jeffrey Sachs, the American economist who is convinced that poverty can be beaten in our lifetime, is in charge of the project. He said the Soros pledge is important because it will act as an example to others." (Related story)

Video: Sudan -- Nation in Crisis
David Wright
Sept. 12, 2006
"David Wright introduces us to the Janjaweed, the government-backed group responsible for some of the worst atrocities in the Darfur region of the Sudan." (Running time: 2:06)

The New York Times

Audio and Photos: India & Obesity -- A Rising Challenge
N.R. Kleinfield
Sept. 13, 2006
"N.R. Kleinfield narrates a look at the sweet shops and 'sugar hospitals' of urban India."

Audio and Photos: Darfur's Agony
Lydia Polgreen
Sept. 9, 2006
"Lydia Polgreen reports from a refugee camp in Darfur filled with death, disease and fear."

PBS: P.O.V.

Multimedia: The Boys of Baraka
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Sept. 12, 2006
"African-American boys have a very high chance of being incarcerated or killed before they reach adulthood. In Baltimore, one of the country's most poverty-stricken cities for inner-city residents, the Baraka School project was founded to break the cycle of violence through an innovative education program that literally removed young boys from low-performing public schools and unstable home environments." (Related New York Times TV review)

BBC News Online

Video: U.N. AIDS Chief in China Visit
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
Sept. 12, 2006
"The head of the United Nation's AIDS programme, Peter Piot, has visited China to see how the nation is dealing with the virus. BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes joined Mr. Piot as he met Chinese youths battling against drug addiction and HIV/AIDS." (Running time: :57)

National Public Radio

Audio: Study Details Benefits, Limits of Green Tea
Patricia Neighmond
Sept. 12, 2006
"A new study finds that green tea significantly reduces the risk of death from many causes, including heart disease. The study did not find, however, that green tea has any effect on cancer, as has been previously claimed." (Running time: 3:45)

Audio: Science Breakthroughs Revisited -- A Cancer Killer
Joe Palca
Sept. 12, 2006
"Cancer researcher Ira Pastan tried combining a toxin that kills cells with a type of antibody that targets certain cells. The idea was to create a 'cocktail' that would seek out cancer cells -- and only cancer cells -- and kill them with the toxin. It's been 10 years since Pastan first tried this method. Did it work? Well, yes and no..." (Running time: 4:25)

CNN

Video: Trading Addictions?
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Sept. 12, 2006
"CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains that weight loss surgery may come with an unwanted side effect." (Running time: 2:33)

CBS News: 60 Minutes

Video: The Dust at Ground Zero
Katie Couric
Sept. 10, 2006
"On Sept. 11 and for months after, thousands of rescue workers searched through the debris for survivors and victims, breathing in toxic air in the process. Katie Couric reports on the health problems many of these rescue workers face." (Video requires Real Player; related story) (Running time: 3:15)

Week of September 6, 2006

BBC News

Video: NHS To Curb 'Dated' Treatments
Jane Hughes
Sept. 6, 2006
"NHS doctors are being told to save money by weeding out some commonly used treatments deemed ineffective and obsolete. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence initiative has been given government backing." (Related story) (Running time: 2:15)

PBS Wide Angle

Video: Back to School
Sept. 5, 2006
"In 2003 Wide Angle profiled seven children in seven countries -- Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya, and Romania -- as they started their first year of school. Returning in 2006, we find that some of these children are already struggling, hanging onto their education by a thread. With over 100 million children around the globe out of school, this 90-minute special puts a human face on an issue with profound consequences for global development." (Episode's website) (Running time: 79 mins)

CNN

Video: Doctors Around the Clock
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Sept. 5, 2006
"CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a grueling tradition of training interns to become doctors." (Running time: 2:40)

The New York Times

Video: The Milk Gap
Jodi Kantor
Sept. 5, 2006
"For lower-income mothers, breast-feeding, and the pumping it requires, is close to impossible at work." (Related story; Free registration required.) (Running time: 5:31)

CBS Evening News

Video: World Trade Center Illness
Russ Mitchell
Sept. 5, 2006
The New York City Health Department issued guidelines to physicians for detecting World Trade Center-related illnesses. 40,000 people are estimated to have been exposed to hazardous materials. (Video requires Real Player; related story) (Running time: 3:33)

National Public Radio

Audio: The Latest Buzz on the Mosquito War
Steve Inskeep
Sept. 4, 2006
"It's a war that began more than a century ago, but there's no end in sight. It costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year. And hundreds of scientists have devoted their lives to it. It's the battle against disease-carrying mosquitoes." (Running time: 7:20)

Dateline NBC

Video: The Orphans of Iraq
Richard Engel
Sept. 1, 2006
They are afraid and alone, witnesses to more violence and death than most adults see in a lifetime. Richard Engel tells us the heartbreaking experience of meeting orphaned Iraqi children. Will anyone save them? (Video requires Internet Explorer; related story) (Running time: 4:35)