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	2002 DECEMBER Dec. 30, 2002 Pathways to Housing for the Homeless Mentally Ill Betty Ann Bowser reports on an alternative housing program for the homeless mentally ill.

	Dec. 27, 2002 The Cloning Debate A company called Clonaid claims to have produced the world's first cloned human being. Betty Ann Bowser reports.

	Dec. 18, 2002 Treating Hypertension Ray Suarez talks to an author of a new study that found diuretics to be as or more effective than other treatments in reducing high blood pressure.

	Dec. 13, 2002 Smallpox Vaccine President Bush announced that the U.S. plans to vaccinate selected military, embassy and health care workers against smallpox. Terence Smith discusses Bush's decision with Dr. Julie Gerberding and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

	Dec. 3, 2002 Prostate Cancer Testing Gwen Ifill talks with Dr. Alfred Berg, chairman of the U.S. Preventive Task Force, about his group's recent report on the effectiveness of the test for prostate cancer.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 29, 2002 Google: The Search Engine that Could Spencer Michels reports on the economic and technical success story behind the Google search engine.

	Nov. 21, 2002 Cervical Cancer Vaccine An experimental vaccine shows promise in the fight against cervical cancer, according to a recent study. Gwen Ifill discusses the study's implications with Dr. Christopher Crum of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

	Nov. 18, 2002 President Kennedy's Health Secrets Physician Jeffrey Kelman discusses the extensive health ailments President John F. Kennedy suffered during his lifetime.

	Nov. 14, 2002 Extended Interview: Dr. Julie Gerberding Dr. Julie Gerberding, the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the risks and benefits of the smallpox vaccine.

	Nov. 14, 2002 Extended Interview: Dr. Paul Offit Dr. Paul Offit, the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, examines the potential effects of the smallpox vaccine. Dr. Paul Offit explains why he was the only person on a committee advising the CDC to vote against pre-attack vaccinations.

	Nov. 14, 2002 Preparing for Bioterror Susan Dentzer reports on government plans to respond to a smallpox attack and the controversial possible side effects of smallpox vaccination.

	Nov. 11, 2002 Extended Inteview: Dr. Michael Richardson Dr. Michael Richardson is the senior deputy director for medical affairs at the Washington, D.C. Department of Health. Below is the transcript of his interview with the NewsHour.

	Nov. 11, 2002 Extended Interview: Dr. Georges Benjamin Dr. Georges Benjamin is the secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the immediate past president of the Association for State and Territorial Health Officials. Below is the transcript his interview with the NewsHour.

	Nov. 11, 2002 Bracing for Bioterror Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on how a simulated plague outbreak helped health care providers and officials prepare for a bioterrorism threat.



	OCTOBER Oct. 22, 2002 AIDS in Thailand Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on Thailand's unique solutions in its battle with AIDS.

	Oct. 21, 2002 Health Care Cuts Jeffrey Kaye of KCET/Los Angeles reports on cutbacks in the largest public health system in the nation.

	Oct. 21, 2002 Prescription Drug Debate Susan Dentzer discusses new changes proposed by President Bush on generic drug availability and drug company patents, in an effort to help control the costs of prescription drugs.

	Oct. 3, 2002 Women's Health Debate Susan Dentzer reports on the controversy over hormone replacement therapy for women.

	Oct. 1, 2002 AIDS May Threaten Global Security The rapid spread of AIDS threatens to undermine some of the most populous nations in the world and destabilize regional security over the next decade, according to a report by the Central Intelligence Agency. Two experts assess the report.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 30, 2002 The Uninsured Ray Suarez discusses the situation of Americans without health insurance with John Goodman, president and founder of the National Center of Policy Analysis, and Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a consumer health advocacy group.

	Sept. 23, 2002 Getting Ready: Smallpox The U.S. government takes steps to prepare for a mass vaccination in the event of a smallpox outbreak.

	Sept. 20, 2002 USDA and Bad Beef Tom Bearden reports on the government's efforts to make beef safer.

	Sept. 3, 2002 Burn Victims: One Year Later Susan Dentzer reports on the recovery of two women who were seriously burned during the attack on the World Trade Center.



	AUGUST Aug. 26, 2002 AIDS in Malawi Jonathan Silvers reports on the bleak prospects for families of AIDS victims in the African country of Malawi.

	Aug. 23, 2002 Going Home Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on U.S.-trained foreign doctors and the countries they've left behind.

	Aug. 22, 2002 Sparing No Expense Paul Solman reports on the high cost of medicine.

	Aug. 19, 2002 Extended Interview: Dr. Victor Klein Dr. Victor Klein is an OB/GYN with special training in high-risk pregnancies at North Shore University Hospital in New York. Below is the transcript of Susan Dentzer's interview with him.

	Aug. 19, 2002 Extended Interview: Dr. Godfrey Oakley Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., is a visiting professor of epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. He is the former director of the division of Birth Defects and Development of Disabilities at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Below is the transcript of Susan Dentzer's interview with him.

	Aug. 19, 2002 Folic Acid Susan Dentzer looks at the causes of spina bifida and efforts to prevent the disease by encouraging women to take more folic acid.

	Aug. 13, 2002 Paying for Birth Control Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on a battle over contraception in the Pacific Northwest.

	Aug. 12, 2002 Medical Privacy Experts discuss new regulations announced by the Bush administration to govern the privacy of medical records.

	Aug. 6, 2002 Advancing Virus: West Nile Virus An update on the West Nile Virus, which has caused five deaths in Louisiana this year. The director of the CDC and the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health discuss the latest news on the virus.



	JULY July 31, 2002 Update: Prescription Drugs Gwen Ifill looks at the Senate's rejection of a compromise bill to add prescription drug benefits to Medicare with NewsHour Heath Correspondent Susan Dentzer.

	July 30, 2002 Rx Drug Coverage for the Elderly The Senate debates a possible compromise bill to offer more prescription drug coverage for the elderly.

	July 26, 2002 Freeing the Homebound Susan Dentzer reports on one man's struggle to gain benefits for the disabled.

	July 22, 2002 Extended Interview: Helen Darling on Health Care Costs Helen Darling is president of the Washington Business Group on Health, a non-profit organization representing large employers' perspectives on national health policy issues. Below are excerpts of her interview with Susan Dentzer.

	July 22, 2002 Managing Care The skyrocketing costs of health care through the eyes of the patients and the companies.

	July 22, 2002 Extended Interview: William Crist on Health Care Costs William Crist is president of the board of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). One of the nation's largest public pension systems, CalPERS also provides health insurance for more than one million people. Below are excerpts of his interview with Susan Dentzer.

	July 22, 2002 Extended Interview: George Halvorson on Health Care Costs George Halvorson is chair and chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente. Below are excerpts of his interview with Susan Dentzer.

	July 19, 2002 Hormone Therapy Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW Chicago reports on women exploring their options after hormone replacement therapy is deemed risky for breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke.

	July 17, 2002 Prescription Drugs The Senate plunges into debate over prescription drug coverage for seniors.

	July 17, 2002 Background: Prescription Drugs Susan Dentzer describes the day as the Senate plunges into debate over prescription drug coverage for seniors.

	July 11, 2002 End-of-Life Care Susan Dentzer reports on a new study that finds that America does only a mediocre job of caring for seriously ill and dying patients.

	July 9, 2002 Hormone Therapy A look at a new National Institutes of Health study exploring the connections between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes.

	July 8, 2002 Background: International AIDS Conference An update on the spread of AIDS and the International AIDS Conference from health correspondent Susan Dentzer.

	July 8, 2002 AIDS: Spreading Scourge International health experts explain the importance of donating more resources to stop the spread of AIDS.



	JUNE June 28, 2002 Prescription Relief Kwame Holman reports on the renewed debate over prescription drug benefits for seniors.

	June 20, 2002 Fighting HMOs The Supreme Court upholds state laws that help patients fight their HMOs.

	June 20, 2002 Supreme Court Rules States Can Help Patients Fight HMOs As its current term comes to a close, the Supreme Court announced several key rulings Thursday, including a major health care decision to let patients use state laws to fight group health plans that refuse to approve certain medical treatments.

	June 19, 2002 President Bush's Announcement on HIV/AIDS President Bush announces a three-year, $500 million HIV/AIDS initiative aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa and the Caribbean.

	June 19, 2002 Newsmaker: Anthony Fauci Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses President Bush's $500 million plan to curb mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission.

	June 18, 2002 Foreign Country Doctors The effect of doctors with degrees from overseas institutions on the U.S. health care system.

	June 12, 2002 The Cloning Debate Susan Dentzer previews the human cloning debate set to begin in the Senate.

	June 7, 2002 Doctors' Dilemma Tom Bearden looks at the forces causing some doctors to stop treating Medicare patients.

	June 3, 2002 Prescription Drug Discount Cards Millions of seniors are turning to discount plans to cut down on their prescription drug costs. Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer takes a closer look at how to save the most money.

	June 3, 2002 Extended Interview: Tricia Neuman on Prescription Drug Discounts Susan Dentzer talks with Tricia Neuman, Medicare policy expert from the Kaiser Family Foundation, about prescription drug discount cards.

	June 3, 2002 Extended Interview: Tom Scully on Prescription Drug Discounts Susan Dentzer talks with Tom Scully, administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who is lobbying Congress for legislation that would allow the government to put a Medicare card plan into effect.



	MAY May 9, 2002 Orphaned by AIDS An estimated 650,000 children have lost a parent to AIDS in Zambia, an African country where 20 percent of adults suffer from AIDS/HIV. Special correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports.

	May 1, 2002 Senator Sam Brownback on the Cloning Debate Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) is a lead sponsor of a bill to ban all forms of human cloning. He discusses the bill and its possible impact with Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer.

	May 1, 2002 Peter Mombaerts and the Cloning Debate Peter Mombaerts is associate professor of developmental biology and neuro-genetics at the Rockefeller University in New York. He spoke with Susan Dentzer about how viable the hopes for cloning are and may be in the future.

	May 1, 2002 Michael West and the Cloning Debate Are scientists playing God? Michael D. West, Ph.D. is the president and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology, one of a few research groups in the therapeutic cloning field.

	May 1, 2002 Kevin Fitzgerald and the Cloning Debate Is cloning playing God? Kevin FitzGerald, the Dr. David P. Lawler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics and a research associate professor in the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center, tackles that question in an interview with the NewsHour's Susan Dentzer.

	May 1, 2002 Peter Mombaerts on the Difficulty of Using Human Eggs Peter Mombaerts, associate professor of developmental biology and neuro-genetics at the Rockefeller University in New York, discusses the difficulty in finding enough human eggs to advance cloning research, and possible alternatives.

	May 1, 2002 Michael West Discusses Using Human Eggs Are there alternatives to using human eggs in therapeutic cloning? Michael D. West, Ph.D. is the president and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology, one of a very few research groups in the therapeutic cloning field.



	APRIL April 10, 2002 Binge Drinking Susan Dentzer reports on a federally-funded study that finds alcohol consumption and resulting accidents are responsible for approximately 1,400 college student deaths a year. The authors of the study say universities are in a "crisis" situation.

	April 8, 2002 Stem Cell Research in India Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports from India on progress in stem cell research.

	April 1, 2002 Extended Interview: Binge Drinking on Campus Susan Dentzer recently sat down with Dr. Raynard Kington, acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and Dr. Ralph Hingson, professor at the Social Behavioral Sciences Department and associate dean for research at Boston University School of Public Health.

	April 1, 2002 More than a Movie: John Q Susan Dentzer takes a look at the real-life problem of the under-insured that inspired the Hollywood movie "John Q."



	MARCH March 26, 2002 President Bush's Health Nominees Choices Susan Dentzer looks at President Bush's nominees for surgeon general and director of the National Institutes of Health.

	March 20, 2002 Health Care Divide A new study says minorities in the U.S. receive inferior health care compared to whites, even when age, income, insurance and severity of the condition are the same. Two experts discuss the findings.

	March 15, 2002 Judging Insanity The case of Andrea Yates, who was sentenced to life in prison Friday, opens new and intense debate over the insanity defense.

	March 8, 2002 Mammograms: Saving Lives? Susan Dentzer reports on the ongoing controversy about whether mammograms are an effective preventive health care tool.

	March 6, 2002 In Vitro Risks Two recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest babies conceived using in vitro fertilization or other assisted reproductive technology are more likely to suffer from birth defects and low birth weight.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 27, 2002 Supreme Court Watch The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether a potential employer can refuse to hire someone if the workplace could harm the applicant's health.

	Feb. 27, 2002 Nursing Home Alternative Susan Dentzer reports on life at a different kind of nursing home.

	Feb. 22, 2002 Mammogram Guidelines The federal government announces that women should start regular mammogram screenings at age 40, instead of age 50, to decrease their chances of dying from breast cancer.

	Feb. 11, 2002 Filling a Need Susan Dentzer looks into the problem of providing health insurance to the United States' 40 million uninsured citizens.



	JANUARY Jan. 29, 2002 Healing Heroes Susan Dentzer charts the progress of burn victim Kevin Shaeffer, who was badly burned in the September 11th Pentagon attack, and assesses the scientific advances contributing to his recovery.

	Jan. 21, 2002 U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher Outgoing U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher discusses his tenure as the nation's top doctor.

	Jan. 16, 2002 Managing Care A discussion about the Supreme Court case whether or not a state can force a managed care company to follow an independent review when there is a dispute with a patient.

	Jan. 14, 2002 Background: Fainting Incident Gwen Ifill reviews President Bush's health scare on Sunday.

	Jan. 14, 2002 Fainting Incident Gwen Ifill reviews President Bush's health scare on Sunday and talks with Dr. Paul Pepe, chair of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Emergency Medical Center and an emergency and trauma consultant to the White House.

	Jan. 4, 2002 Detecting Anthrax Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW Chicago reports on efforts to develop a more reliable way to detect anthrax.

	Jan. 3, 2002 Anthrax: A Hard Choice Susan Dentzer reports on the tough decision facing workers who may have been exposed to anthrax: whether to receive a controversial vaccine.