JUDY WOODRUFF: And now to the devastating effects of the deadly virus overseas.Jeffrey Brown has that. JEFFREY BROWN: As we reported earlier, the director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, issued a dire assessment today of Ebola's

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STEPHEN FEE: Gail Davis is 52 years old and lives on Chicago's SouthSide. Every day she prepares lunch for her 82 year old mother who suffered a stroke. Gail is her mom's primary caregiver yet Gail herself has struggled for decades with mental illnes

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Back in this country, we turn to a classroom program designed to help young people cope with PTSD, a condition caused not by the shock of war, but by the stresses they encounter in life outside their schools. Jeffrey Brown has the stor

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SARA JAMES: It's just after dawn in one of the world's most beautiful cities this misty morning a picture perfect start to the day. And Damien Blumire looks the picture of health. But the image is deceptive. DAMIEN BLUMIRE: I've been waiting for a ki

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JUDY WOODRUFF: People have been warned for years about the dangers of eating too many saturated fats and the risks they pose for heart disease. But a new analysis of more than 70 studies finds that saturated fats do not necessarily lead to greater pr

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Back in this country, we turn to a classroom program designed to help young people cope with PTSD, a condition caused not by the shock of war, but by the stresses they encounter in life outside their schools. MAN:We go we start with ou

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JUDY WOODRUFF:For the first time in two decades, the federal government is making significant changes to the nutrition labels on the food and drinks you buy at the store. Jeffrey Brown sorts through the details and what the changes are designed to do

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GWEN IFILL:Researchers are assessing, and in many cases applauding, a new paper that reports a substantial drop in childhood obesity among the preschool set, a 43 percent decline. Its raising interesting questions about whether a shift in public heal

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Ever since the Supreme Court ruled that states do not have to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, there have been big battles over that issue. One bipartisan alternative has emerged in Arkansas that appeals to some other

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next understanding the health care reform law. Tonight, we are looking at the changes that start taking effect when new online insurance marketplaces known as public exchanges open next month. One big question how employers may respond

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纽约市政府出台新政策,政府将向低收入非裔家庭提供免费的助产服务,已改善这些家庭的新生儿高死亡率。 Amadoma Bediako is a retired grade school teacher. But she's still dispensing plenty of information - the

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now for another in our Thanksgiving week food series: a profile of food writer and cook book author Paula Wolfert, as she calls on her culinary skills to battle back against Alzheimer's. Paula Wolfert has the hands of someone who's bee

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Unemployment in the U.S. dipped to 7 percent in November, the lowest rate since 2008. And employers added 203,000 jobs. But the number of people actively looking for work remained near a 35-year low. Paul Solman explores the data and t

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IVETTE FELICIANO: This might look like a typical Saturday matinee on Broadway But the fact that Annmarie Scotti is here with her son Nick, tells you it's anything but (Annmarie Scotti: Hey Nick, you ready?) IVETTE FELICIANO: And tickets for this part

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Alzheimer's disease remains among the most devastating diseases that medicine has yet to crack. There's no known cure or treatment that has substantially helped curb memory loss and the decline in cognitive skills. One in eight America

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JUDY WOODRUFF: A few drips of good news greeted residents of West Virginia today, but the fallout from last weeks chemical spill is far from over. There's finally relief for some of the 300,000 West Virginians who've been unable to drink, cook or eve

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HARI SREENIVASAN:It's been three years since a case of polio has been reported in India, a milestone that means the country can be officially declared polio-free. NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro updates a report he filed on how this

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Much of the national focus on improving health care has centered on the expansion of coverage that's starting to take effect. But a report out today says it's time for the country to pay more attention to the socioeconomic conditions th

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HARI SREENIVASAN:This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 report by then Surgeon-General Luther Terry warning about the dangers of smoking. That report is widely credited with saving millions of lives. For more about the governmen

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Now, Jeffrey Brown continues his series with U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey called Where Poetry Lives, taking us to places where poetry and literature connect to everyday life. In past stories, they visited a program for Alzheimer

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