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Ontario’s green energy plan prompts back wind
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Earlier this year, Ontario adopted a sweeping green energy plan that could make it a world leader in phasing out polluting sources of electricity. The plan paves the way for what supporters hope will be a massive expansion of solar, geothermal and wind power. But the province’s headlong rush toward renewables is roiling some rural communities, which fear massive wind farms will harm their economies and possibly their health. Anita Elash reports. Download MP3 (Photo: flickr.com/photos/canadagood)
New Beginning in South Africa’s AIDS battle
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South Africa has the largest number of HIV-infected people on the planet. In a widely welcomed speech to mark World Aids Day, South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, pledged a new beginning. The World’s Jason Margolis has the story. Download MP3
Ukraine takes drastic measures against swine flu
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Ukraine’s government is responding aggressively to swine flu. But as Brigid McCarthy reports from Kiev, its aggressive stance may be more about politics than prevention.
US Coca-Cola and Mexican Coca-Cola
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We’re not going to take sides in the eternal competition between Coke and Pepsi. Nor are we about to re-ignite the bottle-versus-the-can debate or revisit the New Coke versus Coke Classic controversy. But we ARE going to venture into a story every bit as volatile. This one pits Coke that’s made and bottled in Mexico against Coke from the USA. Rob Walker, who writes the “Consumed” column for The New York Times, came down on the side of Mexican coke this week. Marco Werman (pictured holding Mexican coke (left) and US coke (right) discusses the differences today. Download MP3 Cancer transferred from mother to fetus
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A 28 year-old woman in Japan has helped scientists to answer an important medical question. The woman had cancer and that cancer was transferred to her baby. It’s the first conclusive case that scientist have studied where cancer was passed from pregnant mother to child. Doctor Anthony Ford is with the Institute of Cancer Research. He was on the team of scientists studying his case. We speak with Dr. Ford. Download MP3Health care in Canada
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As the health care debate continues in the United States, Canada has been struggling to implement its own universal health care system. We talk with Roy Romanow, who was Premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. Download MP3New HIV vaccine ‘reduces infection’
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An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers say. They found that the vaccine reduced by nearly a third the risk of contracting HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. It has been hailed as a significant, scientific breakthrough, but a global vaccine is still some way off. The World’s Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3Health care for illegal immigrants?
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In his speech on health care reform President Barack Obama told Congress he planned to improve health insurance for those who have it and to create an insurance exchange to extend cover to those who do not. For today’s show, the World’s Matthew Bell did some fact checking on claims and counterclaims that illegal immigrants will be excluded from government health benefits under any new reform plan.International political decorum
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Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) has apologized for his outburst during President Obama’s speech last night. Wilson shouted “You lie!” after the President said illegal immigrants would not benefit from his health care plans. Alex Gallafent is looking at questions of political decorum thrown up by the incident.Download MP3
Entire program – September 10, 2009
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Download MP3Today on The World: a fact check on whether illegal immigrants will or won’t receive government benefits under Obama health care reform; Afghan journalists complain of double standards, after the rescue of a New York Times reporter and the death of his Afghan colleague; and one man’s quest to turn a favorite song into Portugal’s new national anthem.
Health care reform and illegal immigrants
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Download MP3The World’s Matthew Bell does some fact checking on claims (and counterclaims) that illegal immigrants would be excluded from government health benefits under the health care reform plans being debated in Washington.
Foreign lessons in hospital efficiency
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Download MP3Containing health-care costs is a key goal of reform efforts. The World’s Katy Clark reports on the work of Eugene Litvak, a Russian who works with US hospitals on ways to increase efficiency, improve patient care, and cut costs.
Decorum in Congress
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Download MP3The World’s Alex Gallafent looks at questions of political decorum sparked by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress last night.
Health care and innovation
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The American health care system is expensive, but also highly innovative, providing new drugs and new technologies that benefit the entire world. Could U.S. health reform efforts suppress medical innovation? The World’s Marco Werman speaks with health policy researcher Zack Cooper of the London School of Economics. Download MP3Treating blindness in Africa
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Download MP3Health problems the afflict the world’s poor have received unprecedented attention in recent years. But medical workers who focus on lesser known diseases say their efforts remain as difficult as ever. Reporter Odette Yousef of Station WABE followed the struggles of one American organization that’s fighting a leading cause of blindness in Africa.
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