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2009 Coverage 2008 Coverage 2007 Coverage: 5/07 through 12/07 2007 Coverage: 1/07 through 4/07 2006 Coverage WSLS-TV Channel 10 (Roanoke, VA) includes information from the CDC about CFS in a story about a woman whose body was found in a local lake. (“Medical Examiner confirms Brenda Eades’ body found”) (12/28/09)
ABC News links CFS to SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in a report titled, “‘Alarming’ Mental Problems Seen in SARS Survivors.” It reports on a recent study conducted in Hong Kong that found that, “Forty percent [of SARS survivors] reported some degree of chronic fatigue and 27 percent met diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome; people with fatigue symptoms were also more likely than those without them to have psychiatric disorders.” (12/14/09) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=9334328
Women’s health expert Dr. Donnica Moore was a guest on “The Dr. Oz Show” to discuss CFS and XMRV. The show is posted in two parts on YouTube. (12/03/09) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdmK9ZHqWM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZmCtF6bhM The day before the show aired, she penned “What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and How is XMRV Related?,” an article posted on the show’s website. It quotes extensively from CDC information and notes that CFS is not “‘all in your head.’” (12/02/09) http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/what-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-how-xmrv-related KNSD-TV Channel 7 (NBC) and Channel 4 San Diego aired a short segment about CFS during newscasts on October 14. “Art Shows Face of Illness” featured interviews with CFS clinician Dr. Therese Yang and support group leader Lynn Eggleton. (California) (10/14/09)
ABC’s “Good Morning America Health” featured CFS in a segment with guest women’s health expert Dr. Donnica Moore on September 24. During the approximately six-minute segment, she emphasized the complexity of diagnosing CFS and discussed post-exertional malaise. (9/24/09) A segment on the illness and “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit aired on “Tennessee Morning,” the morning news and talk show on Fox affiliate WZTV-TV Channel 17. Dr. Satish Raj, assistant professor of medicine and pharmacology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and CFS patient Margaret McElhaney were the guests. (Tennessee) (9/21/09) Internist and CFS patient himself Dr. Martin Lerner was a guest on “The Richard Hairston Morning Show,” a community affairs program airing on WHPR-TV Channel 33 in the Detroit area. He and the host discussed the illness and the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at Eastland Center. (Michigan) (8/25/09) Media coverage of CFS continued in a segment on the illness that aired on morning talk show “Better Connecticut” on WFSB-TV Channel 3 on July 6. Host Kara Sundlun interviewed internist Dr. Morris Papernik and his patient Laura Orr for a “Kara’s Cure” segment. (Connecticut) (7/06/09)
“Public Report,” a public affairs show airing on WWRS-TV in the Milwaukee area, covered CFS in a segment featuring an interview with Dr. Konstance Knox, director of research at the Wisconsin Viral Research Group. (Wisconsin) (7/02 & 7/06/09) News 12 Connecticut ran segments about CFS, the photo exhibit in Meriden and the Connecticut CFIDS/FM Association during each its evening newscasts on June 19. The story featured patient Jan Diamond. (Connecticut) (6/19/09) CFS clinician Dr. Morris Papernik and patient Nora Hull were guests on a segment of “Fox 61 Morning News” on WTIC-TV Channel 61. They discussed the illness and the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit. (Connecticut) (6/18/09) Morning talks show “Better Connecticut,” on WFSB-TV Channel 3, ran announcements promoting the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit during the week of June 15. (Connecticut) (6/15/09) ABC News included CFS in a report titled “Is Your Bitterness a Medical Condition? 8 Controversial Conditions.” It covers diagnoses over which doctors argue as real versus psychiatric conditions, including such illnesses as Post –Traumatic Bitterness Disorder, ADD and Morgellon’s syndrome . While the story notes that “…CFS has garnered additional support as a legitimate diagnosis in recent years …,” it posits that the lack of cause has rendered a CFS diagnosis contentious. (5/28/09) This article was reposted on “News Channel 5 @ Noon,” a newscast aired on KSDK-TV Channel 5, featured CFS patient and Association Board member Dr. Christoph Bausch during a short segment on April 24 to educate viewers about CFS and promote the traveling photo exhibit’s display in St. Louis. (Missouri) (4/24/09) Internist Dr. Tipu Sultan discussed CFS and “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s display in St. Louis during a segment on “Fox 2 News in the Morning” on KTVI-TV Channel 2. (Missouri) (4/23/09) Morning show “Great Day St. Louis” on KMOV-TV Channel 4 broadcast a 5-minute segment about the illness and “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit, including interviews with CFS patient Anita Wildauer and internist Dr. Tipu Sultan. (Missouri) (4/15/09) |
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