GWEN IFILL: The new budget deal in Congress drew support and criticism today. Party leaders on both sidesgenerally backed the agreement. But Tea Party conservatives said there's still too much spending. And Democrats grumbled there's no help for the

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GWEN IFILL: Next: the rising toll of Lyme disease and the questions surrounding treatment. Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: Lyme disease was first identified in the 1970s, but it now turns out that it's much more common than previously est

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JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, a new book argues that blaming addicts for their addictions could hurt people's chances for getting clean. Judy Woodruff has our conversation. JUDY WOODRUFF: Drug abuse and substance addiction costs the United Stat

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now the questions surrounding a research trial with newborn babies that allegedly didn't provide adequate disclosure to parents. The trial involved 1,300 infants at 23 hospitals who were born extremely prematurely between 2004 and 2009

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Now: what's behind the continuing rise in health care spending and why the rate of growth has slowed. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:For the third consecutive year, health care spending in the U.S. grew by just under 4 percent. Go

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GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: how technology has changed the foods we eat. Hari Sreenivasan has our book conversation. HARI SREENIVASAN:Human eating habits have changed more in the past century than in the previous 10,000 years. In the U.S., Americans

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JEFFREY BROWN:And we return to the battle over emergency contraception, the so-called morning after pill. It's been more than a decade since the pill was first approved by the FDA, but legal and political controversy has swirled ever since. In 2011,

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JEFFREY BROWN:Finally tonight: How much for that surgery or this ventilator? The government today released data showing some of these costs for the first time, targeting what hospitals bill Medicare for the 100 most common procedures. And it turns ou

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: changes to the so-called bible of psychiatry and what it means for diagnosis and treatment. This weekend, the American Psychiatric Association released a revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, often

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JEFFREY BROWN:And now the first in an occasional series of stories about long-term care. With baby boomers aging and living longer, more people will need it. But new research has shown most Americans have done little or nothing to plan for these situ

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GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: The pleas of two desperate families shift the ethical debate about organ transplant policies for children. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:The cases of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan and 11-year-old Javier Acosta have pu

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JEFFREY BROWN:Next: abandoning a widespread and painful rite of passage. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro visited the West African nation of Senegal. His report is part of our Agents for Change series. And a note: Some viewers may find the su

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MARGARET WARNER: Finally tonight: new rules requiring healthier snacks to be sold in schools beginning next year.Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ: Estimates suggest that many kids consume at least half their daily calories while at school. The ne

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GWEN IFILL: New research suggests there may be some good news in the struggle against dementia. Two recently released studies show severe memory loss declining among healthier and better educated populations. In England and in Wales, dementia rates o

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RAY SUAREZ: Get close enough to downtown Austin, Texas, and it's not hard to hear why it's called the live music capital of the world. Get a little closer, and the musicians themselves tell a quieter story. That's John Pointer on stage now at Antone'

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JEFFREY BROWN:Next: An emergency room doctor returns to Newark and grapples with pressing public health issues. Ray Suarez has our conversation. RAY SUAREZ:Dr. Sampson Davis is the fifth of six children in his family. He was raised in Newark, N.J., i

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JUDY WOODRUFF: But first: South Sudan, the world's youngest country, founded in 2011, is in freefall. Three of its six years in existence have been spent fighting a civil war that has left tens of thousands dead. Now the ravages of that war have led

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GWEN IFILL: Next, we return to the impact of the new health care reform law -- tonight, how employersare preparing to comply with new rules that require them to insure their employees. Even though some portions of the mandate have been delayed, many

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GWEN IFILL: The health law was the subject of a rare public conversation between President Obama and former President Clinton today.They sat down together at the Clinton Global Initiative, where President Obama referred to the showdown in Washington

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RAY SUAREZ: The death toll of polio vaccine workers killed in a string of attacks in Pakistan climbed again today. One victim died from wounds sustained in a shooting on Wednesday. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News narrates this report on the

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