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April 11, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

57m 46s

April 11, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

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  • Study finds gender-affirming care for minors is very rare: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Study finds gender-affirming care for minors is very rare

    S2025 E26 - 4m 59s

    Trump and Republican candidates made rolling back federal protections for transgender people a big issue, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on TV ads, much of it focused on gender-affirming care for minors. Despite the attention, a new study finds that gender-affirming medications are very rarely prescribed to adolescents. John Yang speaks with KFF’s Lindsey Dawson to learn more.

  • Why some disabled workers are paid less than minimum wage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why some disabled workers are paid less than minimum wage

    S2025 E26 - 5m 45s

    The national minimum wage today is just over $7 an hour. But a provision in a landmark labor law from nearly 90 years ago allows employers to pay certain workers with disabilities less than that. Ali Rogin speaks with Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, for our series “Disability Reframed.”

  • Sail-powered cargo ships chart a course to sustainability: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sail-powered cargo ships chart a course to sustainability

    S2025 E26 - 3m 44s

    Eighty percent of all global trade travels by sea, and the ships carrying those goods account for 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some shipping companies are taking a new tack as they try to navigate the industry to sustainability on the high seas. John Yang reports.

  • Aid worker describes ‘dire need’ of children in Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Aid worker describes ‘dire need’ of children in Gaza

    S2025 E26 - 6m 40s

    The delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is allowing food and supplies to flow into Gaza, for now. But after 15 months of war, the need is great and the situation remains dire for Palestinians, especially children. UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen speaks to Ali Rogin from inside Gaza, where her organization has been helping families since the war began, about the current situation on the ground.

  • Uncertainty looms over Israel’s fragile truce in Lebanon: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Uncertainty looms over Israel’s fragile truce in Lebanon

    S2025 E25 - 8m 19s

    There was jubilation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank on Saturday as hostages and Palestinian prisoners were freed in the latest advance for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israel’s fragile truce in Lebanon appears to be in doubt as this weekend’s deadline to withdraw Israeli troops from the country looms. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports.

  • The effect of removing medical debt from credit scores: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The effect of removing medical debt from credit scores

    S2025 E25 - 7m 4s

    More than 100 million Americans are burdened with medical bills they can’t pay. In the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new rules banning credit agencies from including medical debt on credit reports, starting in March. KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam Levey joins Ali Rogin to discuss what this means for people carrying medical debt.

  • AI transcription tool ‘hallucinates’ medical interactions: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    AI transcription tool ‘hallucinates’ medical interactions

    S2025 E25 - 5m 53s

    Many medical centers use an AI-powered tool called Whisper to transcribe patients’ interactions with their doctors. But researchers have found that it sometimes invents text, a phenomenon known in the industry as hallucinations, raising the possibility of errors like misdiagnosis. John Yang speaks with Associated Press global investigative reporter Garance Burke to learn more.

  • Women's 3x3 basketball league builds on WNBA's surge: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Women's 3x3 basketball league builds on WNBA's surge

    S2025 E24 - 5m 22s

    Women's basketball has seen an overdue surge in popularity in recent years. With 3.3 million viewers, last year's WNBA championship was the most-watched finals game in the league's 25-year history. Now, a new three-on-three league called Unrivaled is building on that success. Amna Nawaz discussed more with WNBA all-star and Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier.

  • Brooks and Capehart on the busy first week for Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Brooks and Capehart on the busy first week for Trump

    S2025 E24 - 10m 53s

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the busy first week for the Trump administration, what President Trump has prioritized since reentering the White House and his pardon of Jan. 6 rioters.

  • Trump considers major changes to federal disaster response: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump considers major changes to federal disaster response

    S2025 E24 - 8m 54s

    President Donald Trump jetted off for the first trip of his second administration to tour one sprawling disaster zone after the other. The president is in California where he'll survey damage from the wildfires that are ravaging the Los Angeles area. But first, he stopped in North Carolina, four months after Hurricane Helene, and threatened the future of FEMA. Laura Barrón-López reports.

  • State Department suspends foreign aid for 3 months: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    State Department suspends foreign aid for 3 months

    S2025 E24 - 2m 42s

    The State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months. That affects tens of billions of dollars on programs that run from military assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who interdict fentanyl coming into the U.S. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • Auschwitz survivor's family searches for answers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Auschwitz survivor's family searches for answers

    S2025 E24 - 12m 3s

    Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. One of the youngest survivors was an eight-year-old Polish girl named Rutka. She moved to Canada after the war and took the name Rachel Hyams. Decades later, she died by suicide. Rachel’s daughter has been retracing her mother’s steps and allowed Malcolm Brabant to come along on the emotional journey.

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