“Hope For Haiti Now” – a global telethon.

“Hope For Haiti Now” is something of a first.  A global telethon that  will truly be seen worldwide.

CNN International will be airing the 2 hour telethon at 8pm ET / 5pm PT / 0100 GMT / 0200 CET.  It is also being aired internationally on National Geographic Channels around the world and MTV channels around the world, including China.

In Canada, the CBC and CTV are both airing the telethon.  So far, I have heard nothing about any UK or Irish terrestrial broadcasters taking the telethon.  US Local broadcasters, including affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and PBS, are airing the telethon at 8pm local time, except in the Central time zone where it airs at 7pm. 

Any further news on broadcasters airing the telethon, I’ll let you know.

A hope for treating cancer, but pharmaceuticals may pull plug!

I don't normally write about developments in health and food, simply because you can never get experts to agree on anything. However, this article was passed onto me by a Canadian friend of mine, and I am astonished by the thought that pharmaceutical companies may pull the plug on this potentially ground breaking research, simply because there is no profit in it.

Surely, to deny potentially life saving research to continue, because of there being no profit in it, would be criminal, would it not?