PUB: CNN on CDC & CFS

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his coming Sunday, October 24, CNN will air a segment on CFS on its

CNN/Time program. The show will air twice Sunday evening -- 9 pm and

midnight Eastern time (6 and 9 pm Pacific).

Following is a synopsis of the show provided by CNN/Time:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the mysterious illness dubbed " The Yuppie Flu " in

the mid-eighties is still around. The U.S. government estimates hundreds of

thousands suffer from the debilitating flu-like illness that just doesn't

go away. There is still no known cause, or cure. And if you followed

women's World Cup soccer this summer, you know the disease doesn't even

spare athletes like U.S. star Akers. For the last 15 years, a host

of researchers has repeatedly declared the CFS mystery solved only to be

proven wrong again and again. To make matters worse, it was recently

revealed that the CDC diverted millions of dollars earmarked for CFS

research by Congress and spent it on other diseases. Daryn Kagan has the

latest on a complicated illness that leaves its victims sick and tired both

from the disease and the uphill battle to be taken seriously.

If you have cable TV, don't forget to tune in Sunday evening.

http://cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/9910/24/impc.00.html ]