Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in this country. A Harvard researcher says scientists are a step closer to preventing a potentially deadly infection in newborns. The bug can be passed from mother to infant during birth, and cause severe brain-damage. At the moment, they are given heavy doses of antibiotics to help prevent them from infecting their babies. They want drug companies and the government to move faster to approve three new powerful medicines for children.
Drug makers say they're working on it.
Of nine AIDS drugs now sold, only four are approved for children. Eighty percent of prescription drugs are sold with no information on how safe or effective they might be for children. Connie Mike Stevens has the low down in tonight's Ticker. It's has been a rough year for college head football coaches with big names and big losers being treated alike. Some like Gene Stallings and Johnny Majors have stepped aside, and others like Maryland's Mark Duffner were fired.