Health May 11 New study looks at immunotherapy to treat common cancers A study this week says scientists have devised a new approach that represents the blueprint for making immunotherapy available to treat common cancers, and may allow doctors to target what is unique about each person's cancer.
World May 11 Voters in Eastern Ukraine cast ballots in contested referendum Early indications are that voters in Eastern Ukraine have overwhelmingly approved a measure that could potentially lead to their secession from the country. For the latest, Philip Shishkin of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Donetsk via Skype.
Health May 11 Bannister recalls the day he conquered the four-minute mile Just over sixty years ago this week 25-year-old British runner Roger Bannister did what many athletes, and even doctors, had deemed impossible. He broke the four-minute mile. Bannister reflects on the barrier he somehow knew was psychological not physical.
Nation May 11 Crude oil brings boom times and safety concerns to North Dakota In North Dakota an oil boom has transformed the state's economy. Nearly a million barrels of crude come out of the ground each day in the state, and instead of traveling by pipeline, most North Dakota oil goes by rail.
Episode May 10 Saturday, May 10, 2014 On this edition for Saturday, May 10, we get the latest on the search for the abducted Nigerian girls. In our signature segment, a new policy leads to more organ donations in Australia. Would it work here? And, from Minnesota,…
World May 10 Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls face serious risks The Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram face serious risks including malaria-carrying mosquitoes, unsafe drinking water and poisonous snakes. That’s according to Michelle Faul of the Associated Press, who spoke with Hari Sreenivasan from Lagos, Nigeria about…
Health May 10 Can policy changes lead to an increase in organ donations? NewsHour Weekend presents a report from Australia about an initiative that has raised organ donation and transplant rates dramatically. Could the same program work in the United States?…
Politics May 09 Considering the long view for California's future, Gov. Jerry Brown embraces continuity Times have changed, and so has California Gov. Jerry Brown. Embarking on an unprecedented fourth term, 40 years after he first won office, Brown touts the values of balance, budgeting and planning in order to manage all of that change.