60 Minutes CBS “Generally Recognized as Safe, Youngest Survivors” February 15 2026
CBS’s long-running newsmagazine returns on Sunday, February 15, 2026, with a powerful edition of 60 Minutes that blends urgent public health questions with a deeply moving historical account. Airing from 7:00 to 8:00 PM ET and PT on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+, the episode features reporting from Bill Whitaker and Lesley Stahl. Each segment tackles a very different subject, but both focus on long-term consequences that continue to shape lives today.
Generally Recognized as Safe
In the opening segment, Bill Whitaker examines growing concerns about ultra-processed foods and the way they are regulated in the United States. As more Americans from across the political spectrum question the health impact of modern diets, the report looks closely at a decades-old government classification known as “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS.
Whitaker speaks with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. David Kessler. Both men argue that the current system no longer reflects modern science or the scale of ultra-processed ingredients in everyday food. The segment explores why they believe changes are needed and how existing rules allow substances into the food supply with limited oversight. Produced by Sarah Koch, the report aims to clarify a complex system that affects nearly every American household.
Youngest Survivors
The second half of the broadcast is a double-length segment reported by Lesley Stahl, marking eighty years since the end of World War II and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. The story focuses on three women who survived imprisonment while pregnant, along with the babies they carried under unimaginable conditions.
Stahl meets the three surviving children, now 80 years old, who were born after their mothers hid their pregnancies from Nazi captors in camps including Auschwitz. The report traces how these infants survived, how their stories remained hidden for decades, and how they eventually found one another sixty-five years later. The segment also highlights the role of an American medic involved in the liberation who helped save one of the babies. Produced by Shari Finkelstein, the report is a rare and emotional look at survival, chance, and the lasting human impact of history.
