Week of June 28, 2006

PBS: Frontline

Video: Zimbabwe -- Shadows and Lies
Cassandra Herrman and Alexis Bloom
June 28, 2006
"FRONTLINE/World goes undercover in Zimbabwe to reveal what has happened to a country once regarded as a beacon of democracy and prosperity in Africa. Posing as tourists, reporter Alexis Bloom and producer Cassandra Herrman find a population struggling with hunger and poverty, and living in fear of a government that has become a brutal dictatorship."

BBC News

Video: 'Worrying' Increase in Child Cannabis Use
David Henderson
June 27, 2006
"A sharp rise in the number of children treated for cannabis use has been recorded. Official figures reveal that a child of nine was among almost 400 youngsters who needed medical help."

CBS Evening News

Video: Lose Weight Or Pay The Price
Charlie D'Agata
June 26, 2006
"London lifestyle guru Tim Bean has put a new spin on the traditional 'money-back guarantee': His clients must lose weight or donate $10,000 to charity."

CNN

Video: Using Time To Fight Cancer
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
June 22, 2006
"Chronotherapy is indicating that getting rid of cancer is all in the timing."

Week of June 21, 2006

National Public Radio

Audio: Film Chronicles Pediatric Cancer's Challenges
David C. Barnett
June 21, 2006
"Wednesday evening, many PBS stations across the country will broadcast the first part of a new documentary that explores the impact of childhood cancer on five Ohio families. A Lion in the House takes an unflinching look at a subject that many viewers may find uncomfortable."

Audio: Measles Outbreak Shows Even Vaccinated at Risk
Richard Knox
June 21, 2006
"A measles outbreak in Boston is showing how the global economy opens opportunities for one of the world's most contagious viruses. Disease detectives say a computer programmer from India brought the virus to Boston's tallest office tower. The outbreak reveals that millions of Americans in their 30s and 40s are vulnerable to measles, even though they were vaccinated years ago."

CBS Evening News

Video: Stem Cell Breakthrough?
Elizabeth Kaledin
June 20, 2006
"An experiment using stem cells to repair damaged spinal cords in lab rats was a striking success. Elizabeth Kaledin reports." (Video requires Real Player; related CBS story)

Video: Cold War Heroes Battle Cancer
Bryon Pitts
June 19, 2006
"Thousands of workers unknowingly worked with uranium during the Cold War. Byron Pitts reports that most of them are having their compensation claims turned down by a government agency." (Video requires Real Player; related CBS story)

CNN

Video: Diseases Spread in Refugee Camps
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
June 20, 2006
"Diseases can spread quickly in the cramped confines of refugee camps."

Video: Africa's Biggest Child Killer
Elisa Labott
June 17, 2006
"CNN's Elisa Labott reports thousands of people, mainly children, die each day from malaria."

ABC World News Tonight

Video: Post Office Said To Abet Sales of Cigarettes to Kids
Dan Harris and Felicia Biberica
June 18, 2006
"New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says the U.S. Postal Service has become 'the delivery arm of a massive criminal enterprise.' Every day, Native American businesses ship millions of cigarettes from reservations across the country. While Native Americans on the reservation are entitled to tax-free cigarettes, the Web sites that offer those tax-free cigarettes for sale off the reservation are, officials say, illegal. The public health community says Web sites that illegally sell cheap smokes are a real concern -- especially when it comes to young smokers." (Related story)

Week of June 14, 2006

CBS Evening News

Video: A Perversion of Science?
Armen Keteyian
June 14, 2006
"Valuable human tissue samples that were collected for the public good allegedly were being used for private research and private profit. Chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports." (Video requires Real Player; related story)

Video: The Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
Lara Logan
June 13, 2006
"Chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan begins a new series on the impoverished and extremely dangerous region of Darfur, where 180,000 people have died in an ethnic conflict." (A three-part series. Video requires Real Player; related story)

Video: Two Diabetes Drugs May Lower Blood Sugar
Elizabeth Kaledin
June 13, 2006
"Two experimental pills seem to help older diabetes drugs lower patients' blood sugar, with the added bonus of a little weight loss...That’s good news for the nearly 21 million Americans -- or 7 percent of the population -- who struggle with the disease, reports CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin." (Video requires Real Player; related story)

CNN

Video: Burned by Sunscreen Labels?
Greg Hunter
June 13, 2006
"A class-action lawsuit claims sunscreen products don't work as advertised."

ABC World News Tonight

Video: KFC Sued for Fattening Menu
Bharathi Radhakrishnan
June 13, 2006
"The fast food chain KFC is being sued for the fat content in its fried chicken, which Center for Science in the Public Interest says contains 'staggering amounts' of trans fat. One three-piece Extra Crispy combo meal has 15 grams of trans fat, which is more trans fat than a person should have in one week, says the CSPI."

Video: Are the Drugs You're Taking Counterfeit?
Lisa Stark
June 9, 2006
"The government has launched an effort to keep closer tabs on drug suppliers."

NBC Nightly News

Video: Effort To Boost Adoptions Put Kids at Risk
Lea Thompson
June 13, 2006
"A program implemented in Kentucky geared to increase adoption rates in that state put children at risk of being adopted by people with criminal records." (Requires Internet Explorer)

BBC News

Video: Impoverished Children Forced into Dangerous Work
Orla Guerin
June 12, 2006
"More than 218 million children worldwide work in dangerous jobs like mining and construction instead of going to school. For the U.N.'s world day against child labour, Orla Guerin visited a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

CBS News: 60 Minutes

Video: The Debate Over Plan B
Lesley Stahl
June 11, 2006; rebroadcast from Nov. 27, 2005
"The so-called 'Morning After Pill' hit the market in 1999 but is only available by prescription. Lesley Stahl reports on the ongoing debate over whether the pill should be available over the counter." (Video requires Real Player; related story)

Week of June 7, 2006

National Public Radio

Audio: Nutritionist Tackles Serious Business of 'What to Eat'
Melissa Block
June 9, 2006
"Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and go easy on junk food. These are author and nutritionist Marion Nestle's basic principles for a good diet. The rules seem easy enough. But as Nestle argues in her book What to Eat, actually following them and making smart decisions about food can be difficult. In part, she says, consumers face the challenges of an 'enormous gap' in information -- and a food industry that spends $36 billion a year on marketing."

BBC: Newsnight

Video: India Child Marriages Flout Law
Sue Lloyd-Roberts
June 7, 2006
"Tens of thousands of children get married in India every year and, as soon as they reach puberty, they are expected to conceive. According to the census of 2001, 300,000 girls under the age of 15 had given birth, some for the second time. Now, five years later, the number could be as many as half a million. Child weddings are illegal in India. The Child Marriage Restraint Act passed during British rule in 1929, specified that a girl must be 18 and a boy 21 before they can marry. But, during the spring wedding season, hundreds of mass ceremonies involving children as young as six years old take place." (Related story)

PBS: Frontline

Video: The Last Abortion Clinic
June 6, 2006
"By using state laws to regulate and limit abortion and by creating their own clinics to offer alternatives to women, pro-life advocates have changed the facts on the ground. Frontline investigates the steady decline in the number of physicians and clinics performing abortions and focuses on local political battles in states like Mississippi, where only a single clinic performs the controversial procedure." (Full program available online)

CNN

Video: AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence
Christy Feig
June 5, 2006
"CNN's Christy Feig profiles a man who has been HIV positive since 1985."