World Oct 20 WATCH: Rohingya walk through rain, muddy rice fields to reach Bangladesh By Larisa Epatko
Health Oct 09 Watch 10:06 How one group of doctors drastically decreased opioid prescriptions With addictions and overdoses surging over the past two decades, recent CDC guidelines urge doctors to avoid or dramatically limit the use of legal painkillers. In Southern California, a group of Kaiser Permanente doctors has been helping chronic pain patients… By Cat Wise, Jason Kane
Science Oct 09 How a brain gets hooked on opioids Here is the neuroscience behind how opioids overtake the human brain. By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin
Economy Oct 05 Watch 10:14 How the opioid crisis decimated the American workforce In northeastern Ohio, employers say they see jobseekers all the time who look like "the walking dead," would-be workers struggling with opioid addiction. The problem is so great, reports economics correspondent Paul Solman, that it's had a noticeable effect on… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Oct 05 How treating opioids with more opioids has divided the recovery community In this Florida county, some believe medication is the only thing that can stop the opioids deaths. Others say a life on medication isn't a life at all. By Elizabeth Flock
Oct 04 Watch 9:59 Understanding the science of pain, with the help of virtual reality By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Oct 04 I’m 66 and I just lost my job. How do we maximize our Social Security? By Philip Moeller A reader needs to apply for Social Security benefits right now after losing his job at full retirement age. But what if he finds a new job?… Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 2:43 The legal gun device that likely sped up the carnage in Las Vegas By PBS NewsHour How was the Las Vegas killer able to shoot so many rounds so quickly? Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old retired accountant who went on a shooting rampage, had stockpiled in his hotel room at least 23 firearms, as well as two… Continue watching
Oct 03 The Las Vegas shooter had a cheap modification that made his rifles more deadly By Gretchen Frazee At about 10 p.m. Sunday, a rapid pop-pop-pop rang out at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country music festival in Las Vegas. At first the rapid-fire burst was so steady, many concertgoers mistook it for firecrackers. The noise came… Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 9:22 The grim political routine of responding to a mass shooting By PBS NewsHour Will the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history move the needle on the debate over access to guns? Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamra Keith of NPR join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the politics of gun… Continue watching