Dec 14 Watch Examining the Anatomy of a Pandemic and the H1N1 Scare Ray Suarez unveils his new documentary, "Anatomy of a Pandemic," Monday evening. It looks at the H1N1 flu virus, how the government is handling the scare and what emergency rooms are doing to combat the spread. Continue watching
Dec 11 Ray Suarez: Monumental Week for Climate Ahead in Copenhagen By Ray Suarez Just keep repeating to yourself: If any of this was easy, Kyoto would have worked. It's been 12 years since delegations from around the world met in Japan to discuss a coordinated global response to rising levels of greenhouse… Continue reading
Dec 11 Betty Ann Bowser: Senators Waiting for CBO Score NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser checked in on the week's health care reform news, including Senate Democrats' tentative compromise that would all but eliminate the public option and a new analysis from the Department of Health and Human… Continue reading
Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Health Care System Buckles as Tourism Slows in Ore. By Anna Shoup In Lincoln City, Ore., where the local economy remains heavily dependent on tourism, many jobs lack health insurance. And when jobs become scarce, even more find themselves struggling to find care. Continue reading
Dec 10 Details Emerge on Senate Health Reform Compromise By Betty Ann Bowser Some Senate Democrats sounded confident about prospects for health care reform Thursday, in the wake of Democratic negotiators' recent compromise deal on the public option -- though details of the agreement were still hard to come by. The agreement puts… Continue reading
Dec 09 Public Option Deal Wins Praise, Criticism By Lea Winerman Lawmakers and stakeholders reacted Wednesday to Democratic senators' tentative deal to break an impasse on the public option in the health reform bill. Ten Democratic senators, five moderates and five liberals, announced the deal Tuesday night. It would replace… Continue reading
Dec 09 Tempers Rise over Danish Text at Climate Summit By Talea Miller Tension between rich and poor countries hovered over climate negotiations in Copenhagen Wednesday, as developing nations fumed over the leak of a climate document drafted by Denmark. The 13-page document, known as the Danish text, was drawn up outside… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Senate Deal Attempts to Strike Compromise on Public Option The health care debate reached a potential turning point in the Senate on Wednesday after leaders reached a compromise that drops the so-called "public option" from the bill. Gwen Ifill talks to experts about the politics and policy of the… Continue watching
Dec 07 Fact Sheet: Copenhagen Climate Summit By Talea Miller Representatives from 192 nations are converging on Copenhagen Monday for the opening day of the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference, where the next steps are expected to be hashed out towards an international emissions agreement. Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Breaks Health Care Stalemate With Votes on Amendments Updated December 4, 2009, 11:35 am In its fourth* day of debate on a health care reform bill Thursday, the Senate cast the first of many votes on amendments to the legislation. Senators agreed to safeguard coverage of mammograms… Continue reading