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Oklahoma is seeing a spike in childhood cases of the respiratory virus RSV. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Cameron Mantor of the Oklahoma Children's Hospital about the outbreak.

NPR'S MARY KAY MAGISTAD REPORTS FROM BANGKOK ON THE SUMMIT MEETING BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.

ebola virus, which infected a village in Zaire nine months ago and killed 300 people.

David Crump, Director of Field Studies at Orielton Field Center in Milfordhaven, Wales, about the impact on the environment of oil which spilled off the coast of Wales on February 15... 20-million gallons have leaked from the super tanker, Sea Empress, after it went aground in mid-February.

Noah speaks with Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab about the consequences of the bombings for PLO chairman Yasir Arafat. Kuttab says the bombings have placed Arafat in a delicate political position, in which he must balance Israel's demands for a crackdown on the militant Hamas organization and appearing like he is more concerned about Israeli security than the rights of his own people.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a dispute has erupted in the medical community about how aggressive doctors should be about testing cholesterol levels. The American College of Physicians, which represents family doctors, today issued new guidelines for cholesterol screening that calls for less aggressive testing than the current federal government's recommendations.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that public broadcasters testified before The House Telecommunications Subcommittee today, in response to a republican proposal intended to move public radio and television off federal supports by the year 2000. The broadcasters objected to the 1-billion-dollar cap on a proposed trust fund contained in the legislation and complained that other provisions would bring too much commercial pressure to bear on public broadcasting. But disagreement surfaced among the panelists over whether the proposal would shift too much power from local independent stations to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

SUNNI KHALID VISITS THE GAZA STRIP AND TALKS TO PEOPLE THERE ABOUT THE RECENT WAVE OF TERROR IN ISRAEL.

SUSAN DISCUSSES WITH WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT BY TELEVISION INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES THAT THEY WILL "VOLUNTARILY" INTRODUCE A RATINGS SYSTEM.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR'S Don Gonyea about the assisted suicide trial of retired pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Today the judge issued new instructions to the jury, which legal experts say could make it easier to convict Dr. Kevorkian.