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President Bush signed a bill approving a five-year plan and $15 billion to fight AIDS worldwide. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on the epidemic's toll in Haiti, one of the countries that will benefit from…

Ray Suarez discusses the states' efforts to make prescription drug coverage more affordable with Marjorie Powell of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; and Kevin Concannon, director of the Iowa Department of Human Services.

May 19

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Maine-run program that would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prescription drug prices for the poor and uninsured, but warned that the program may not stand up to future legal scrutiny.

The U.S. Senate passed a $15 billion White House-backed bill on Friday aimed at slowing the AIDS pandemic ravaging the developing world in what one senator called "the greatest humanitarian crisis in the 21st century."…