Jan 08 FDA Maintains Ban on Silicone Breast Implants By PBS News Hour The Food and Drug Administration Thursday said it needed more evidence demonstrating the safety of silicone breast implants before it would reverse a 1992 ban on routine sales of the devices. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch Family Planning Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the politics and practice of family planning in the southern African nation of Zambia. Continue watching
Jan 06 DNA Tests Show U.S. Cow with Mad Cow Disease Came from Canada DNA testing verified "with a high degree of certainty" that the first cow in the United States diagnosed with mad cow disease was imported from Canada, the U.S. Agriculture Department reported Tuesday. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. Khudair Abbas After the war in Iraq ended, the task of overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq's long-neglected health care system fell to Dr. Khodeir Abbas, the country's interim health minister. Susan Dentzer talked to Abbas about his efforts and the current state… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Health Care in Iraq After the war in Iraq ended, the task of overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq's long-neglected health care system fell to Dr. Khodeir Abbas, the country's interim health minister. Susan Dentzer talked to Abbas about his efforts and the current state… Continue watching
Dec 30 U.S. Unveils Rules to Protect Food Supply From Mad Cow Disease The Department of Agriculture announced new beef regulations including banning meat from cattle that are unable to walk from the human food supply - a rule that would have prevented the slaughter of the U.S. cow later diagnosed with mad… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Newsmaker: Mark McClellan The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will ban the use of the popular diet drug ephedra. FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan discusses the agency's decision. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Left Behind by HIV and AIDS in Africa The devastation of HIV and AIDS in Africa has affected many more than just those stricken with the disease. Special correspondent Tom Hagler has this story of the grandmothers and orphans of western Kenya, one of the continent's hardest hit… Continue watching
Dec 29 Infected Cow Born Before Mad Cow Rules on Feed The first U.S. cow infected with mad cow disease was born before the United States and Canada instituted restrictions on cattle feed aimed at protecting cattle from the disease, Agriculture Department officials said Monday. Continue reading
Dec 24 U.S. Says Food Supply Safe Despite Suspected Case of Mad Cow Even as countries moved to ban U.S. beef and a Washington state meat processor recalled 10,000 pounds of beef following the announcement of a suspected case of mad cow disease, federal officials maintained that the U.S. food supply remains safe. Continue reading