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    Food Insecurity a Chronic Problem in Mozambique

    Oct 18, 2010 07:00 PM EST

    ... country was given a rating of "alarming" on the Global Hunger Index released last week, even while being cited for improvements. Vincent Augusteu is a tailor from Maputo who alters clothing in an outdoor market stall. He told the NewsHour it's hard for him to afford rice for his ...

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    Reactions to #HCRSummit Around the Web

    Feb 25, 2010 09:29 PM EST

    ... that's to blame. But the reality is, both sides have been responding to the overwhelming incentives to play to the home team, and to tailor their positions to seek partisan advantage and political gain. For those in favor of passing a health reform bill, optimism rested less on moving ...

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    Cancer Society Warns Against Premature Screenings

    Oct 21, 2009 04:00 AM EST

    ... Medical Center, and Dr. Victor Vogel, vice president of research for the American Cancer Society. Welcome to you, both. GWEN IFILL: Dr. Vogel, I will start with you. It sounds like Dr. Esserman is still trying to get her audio. So, I want to start with you anyway, because the ...

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    Women Make Gains, but Still Struggle in Afghanistan

    Mar 20, 2009 07:08 PM EST

    ... earning money and respect at home. HOMA NAJIBI (through translator): I see my future better, because they have trained me to be a more professional tailor and I can make money out of it. I can also train some of my daughters, and we can start a small business. MARGARET ...

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    New Budget Plan Cuts Medicaid Spending

    May 03, 2005 04:00 AM EST

    ... more flexibility. This is a program where it's a one-size-fits-all cookie cutter. We would love flexibility at the state level to tailor benefits to more appropriately fit a population. Everybody doesn't need exactly the same services. There certainly is an issue of CO-pays that ...

  • How vaccine hesitancy may be driving a spike in pediatric flu deaths

    How vaccine hesitancy may be driving a spike in pediatric flu deaths

    May 03, 2025 09:50 PM EST

    ... Peter Hotez is at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hotez, there's a lot I want to talk to you about, but let's start with that new record for pediatric flow deaths this season. What do you make of that? Dr. Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine: Well ...

  • Health experts worry effort to vaccinate against COVID variants moving too slowly

    Health experts worry effort to vaccinate against COVID variants moving too slowly

    Oct 10, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    ... no longer in place. But, on the other hand, a lot more people are vaccinated. What are your concerns about this winter? Dr. Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine: Well, we have a good news/not-so-good news story. The good news is the number of cases is really ...

  • Monkeypox virus spreads to multiple countries amid struggle to contain COVID-19

    Monkeypox virus spreads to multiple countries amid struggle to contain COVID-19

    May 23, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... government for the last 20 years since the founding of BARDA has been stockpiling vaccines for smallpox and antiviral drugs. So, if the numbers do start to increase, and we have to vaccinate populations at risk, we can move on that pretty quickly. So, for all of those reasons, we ...

  • Remembering 5 remarkable people who lost their lives to COVID-19

    Remembering 5 remarkable people who lost their lives to COVID-19

    Jun 04, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... Alicia Martinez was a first-generation college student determined to help people. The 21-year-old was working toward her masters in social work at Baylor University. She was kind, loved to paint and draw, and had helped start a reading program for young students in her hometown of Waco ...

  • What this Texas emergency room physician needs to treat COVID patients

    What this Texas emergency room physician needs to treat COVID patients

    Dec 09, 2020 11:40 PM EST

    More than 9,000 people are now hospitalized in Texas, and the death toll there is now above 23,000. Cases are spiking across the state including in and around Houston. Dr. Richina Bicette, of the Baylor College of Medicine and an emergency room physician treating COVID patients, joins Amna ...