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JUDY WOODRUFF: For more than two decades, doctors have been trying to pinpoint when is the right moment to start people diagnosed with HIV on antiretroviral drugs. The drugs have been extraordinarily important in extending life and keeping HIV at bay
GWEN IFILL: Now to an update on the Ebola crisis. As more potentially infected individuals have emerged from quarantine and treatment in the U.S., in recent days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new set of protocols design
GWEN IFILL: When it comes to global health, much attention is now focused on Ebola. But more routine diseases take a toll on the world's poorest people every day. In Seattle, there's a not-for-profit group trying to develop new tools and medicines to
RICK KARR: Marijuana grower and retailer Andy Williams can barely keep up with the demand for his product these days. He says he can't imagine a more exciting and lucrative industry to be in right now. But the buzz is all coming from capitalism. He d
JUDY WOODRUFF: Each day, 46 people die in this country after overdosing on prescription painkillers. In 2012 alone, the CDC says 259 million prescriptions were written for painkillers, enough to supply every American adult with a bottle of pills. Now
JUDY WOODRUFF: No doubt about it, we're in the middle of flu season, and this one is shaping up to be a particularly tough slog, possibly the worst since 2008. The Centers for Disease Control report that flu activity is widespread in 46 states. In fa
JUDY WOODRUFF: Childhood obesity remains one of the largest public health problems in the United States. There have been a number of major campaigns to combat it. And, today, those efforts got a big boost. Here's Jeffrey Brown. JEFFREY BROWN: There h
GWEN IFILL: Our next story is about Medicaid. The government health insurance program recently expanded to millions of Americans. Although often considered free health insurance for the poor, federal law requires Medicaid to charge recipients for cer
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: sharks. Just saying the word can send shivers down the spines of some, but as Hari Sreenivasan found in this report, studying their skin could be key to fighting diease and is on the cutting edge of the larger push announced at th
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GWEN IFILL: Now joining me for analysis this Politics Monday, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR, who is in Iowa tonight, waiting, waiting, waiting on Hillary Clinton. Tamara, let's start by talking about Senator Clinton,
JUDY WOODRUFF: The deadline for filing your taxes is just hours away, and for several million Americans, this year is turning out to be even more complicated than usual. It's the first time since the health care law was enacted that individuals must
ALISON STEWART: The number of women in the U.S. who die in childbirth is nearing the highest rate in a quarter-century. An estimated 18.5 mothers died for every 100,000 births in 2013, compared with 7.2 in 1987. The Post reports that this translates
HARI SREENIVASAN: As we reported yesterday, the nation's largest egg-producing state, Iowa, has declared a state of emergency following a major outbreak of the avian flu. Millions of chickens and turkeys there and in Wisconsin and Minnesota have been
GWEN IFILL: Now we continue our series about artificial intelligence, A.I., where computers are able to make intelligent decisions without human input. As computing power gets stronger and people continue to generate massive amounts of data, A.I. is
HARI SREENIVASAN: Some cutting-edge research is giving new hope to cancer patients. Researchers are zeroing in on the causes of specific cancers and are finding dramatically different ways to fight the disease. To explain the latest findings, I'm joi
GWEN IFILL: Now: bringing health care to an often-forgotten population. One out of three of those newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are expected to be former inmates after their release from prison or jail. It's a story that h
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Almost 80 percent of children who are diagnosed with cancer today in the U.S. survive, thanks in large part to advances in treatments like radiation and chemotherapy. But a growing body of research indicates survivors are at greater ri
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