• Ebola efforts shift from keeping up with new cases to eliminating the epidemic

    Ebola efforts shift from keeping up with new cases to eliminating the epidemic

    Feb 12, 2015 12:56 AM EST

    ... business, science and technology has transformed the effectiveness of this response and frankly has transformed a lot of how America projects its development and humanitarian work around the world. JEFFREY BROWN: Well, so for this next phase, what kind of presence will still be there?  What kind of infrastructure will ...

  • Free health clinics shift gears as their patients qualify for insurance

    Free health clinics shift gears as their patients qualify for insurance

    Aug 07, 2014 08:51 PM EST

    ... keep coming to the clinic. In fact, eight of the nine non-profit free clinics in West Virginia this year began participating in Medicaid. The shift - which also occurred to a lesser degree in Ohio and Illinois, among other states - is being closely watched nationwide and reflects how facilities are ...

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    Why not give money instead of a gift? Evidence from the world of work

    Dec 25, 2013 03:10 PM EST

    ... Wednesday, Thursday. And then they have a few days off. And this company gives them a bonus on Monday, on the first day of the shift, if they perform above a certain level -- kind of getting back into the workweek. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, there's no bonuses, but ...

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    Rural Colorado residents vote to secede as metro areas shift more liberal

    Nov 11, 2013 06:05 PM EST

    ... including Weld County, where elected officials first raised the question. Akron resident Charles Johnson, 69, said there were many unanswered questions about how secession would work, like what the state would be called, where the capitol would be and how schools would be funded. He also didn't like the ...

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    Nearly 6 million young Americans don't work or go to school

    Oct 21, 2013 01:41 PM EST

    ... of 8 percent, while West Virginia posts about 7 percent. Like most states, they saw their unemployment rate fall since 2011, but researchers caution that shift could come from fewer residents looking for work and from more who had simply given up their search for jobs. And it's not ...

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    Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever

    Jun 12, 2013 03:58 PM EST

    ... economy when we work past the traditional age of throwing in the towel. One of our key interviewees is Marc Freedman, author of "Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life" and "The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife." As usual, there was too little ...

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    More Women As Family Breadwinners Reflects 'Values Shift' in the U.S.

    May 29, 2013 10:16 PM EST

    ... for a record 40 percent share of all families in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center report. Judy Woodruff discusses what the study suggests about the changing dynamics of work and family life with Pew's Paul Taylor and Ellen Galinsky of Families and Work Institute.

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    Does States' Ratification of Same-Sex Marriage Signify Lasting Cultural Shift?

    Nov 12, 2012 11:20 PM EST

    ppen. THOMAS PETERS: Well, we work to protect marriage because we believe that marriage is the best social institution we have to maintain the fact that children are raised by their parents, by their moms and dads. And the other side has done a very good job of messaging what ...

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    Obama, Romney Shift Focus of Campaign Back to Economy

    Sep 17, 2012 12:57 PM EST

    Mitt Romney arrives at a campaign rally last week in Painesville, Ohio. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming. President Obama and Mitt Romney are expected to shift the focus of the presidential campaign back to the economy this week after spending much of last week sparring over foreign...

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    Killings at American Consulate in Libya Might Shift Campaigns' Focus

    Sep 12, 2012 01:45 PM EST

    It's not yet clear how much the campaigns will use the Libyan attack on the trail, but with less than two months until voters decide which man should be president for the next four years, every event takes on outsized political importance.