Feb 26 Illinois Residents Sue FDA As Debate Over Drug Importation Heats Up The governor of Illinois Thursday backed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to overturn the ban on buying prescription drugs from Canada. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch Antibiotics & Cancer A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that there may be a link between the use of antibiotics and breast cancer, the second leading cause of death among American women. Continue watching
Feb 12 FDA Approves New Colon Cancer Drug By PBS News Hour The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cancer drug Erbitux, which is at the center of the ImClone insider-trading scandal, for the treatment of colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Human Cloning Researchers in South Korea on Thursday announced they succeeded in extracting stem cells from a cloned human embryo. Following a background report on the science behind the research, Margaret Warner and guests discuss the medical and ethical implications of this… Continue watching
Feb 04 Investigation Seeks Source of Ricin Sent to Senate Investigators intensified efforts Wednesday to identify the letter or parcel that brought the deadly poison ricin to a Senate mail room. Continue reading
Feb 03 Ricin Found in Senate Majority Leader's Office, Tests Confirm Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday a definitive test confirmed that the white powder found in the mail room of his office was the deadly poison ricin, prompting the closure of three Senate office buildings. Continue reading
Feb 03 Powder Found in Senate Office Building Tests Positive for Ricin A white powder discovered in a mail room in the Dirksen Senate office building has tested positive for the deadly toxin ricin, U.S. Capitol police said Monday night. Continue reading
Jan 30 Cost of Medicare Changes Climbs From $400 Billion to $530 Billion The Bush administration announced Thursday that the new Medicare changes passed by Congress two months ago would cost at least $530 billion over ten years -- one-third more than the original Congressional Budget Office estimate. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Mad Cow The price of American beef plummeted at home and abroad after a slaughtered Washington state Holstein cow was found infected with mad cow disease in December. Tom Bearden reviews the reforms the U.S. Department of Agriculture implemented to ensure meat… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Bird Flu Outbreak As China reported its first case of the rapidly spreading bird flu Tuesday, Dr. Julie Gerberding, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the implications of the outbreak on world health. Continue watching