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At the scene of an emergency, a flurry of decisions must be made. A new AI tool called the iRemedyAct could expedite processes of care during health emergencies.

After an extensive investigation of conditions for children in five juvenile detention facilities operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), the US Department of Justice finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that TJJD is violating the constitutional rights of the children in their care.

Millions of Texans tell pollsters religion is very important in their lives. Every Sunday hundreds of megachurches fill up and celebrate their faith – which also shapes their politics. The result , elections are won and lost based on performances of righteousness. The State Board of Education bends the nation’s textbooks to a conservative Lone Star gospel, and laws are passed based on Christian values. How did Texas become “one state under God"?

No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organize our politics. But is capitalism what you think it is? It's rooted in the ideas of private property, self-interest and profit — but it is dependent on the rule of law and state support. We hear the story of capitalism.

Chronic kidney disease with no clear cause is killing young people who do physical labor in Central America at an alarming rate. A UT Health San Antonio researcher has spent a decade looking for answers, and this summer, he'll study similar workers in San Antonio to see if clues he uncovers here can save lives there.

The United States and Israel are now at war with Iran. This direct conflict has grown out of decades of simmering hostility but is now erupting, reshaping the Middle East and rattling the global economy. FRONTLINE has produced and is streaming an updated presentation of Remaking the Middle East. From award-winning FRONTLINE filmmakers James Jacoby and Anya Bourg.

Robert Roberson is scheduled to die Oct 17. He is set to be executed by the state of Texas for a crime that experts say didn’t happen. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that indicates that Roberson’s two-year-old daughter, Nikki, did not die from physical abuse but that instead she died from a chronic health condition and pneumonia.

There is a complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood. History is full of women without children—some who chose childless lives, others who wanted children but never had them, and still others who are somewhere in between. Modern women considering how and if children fit into their lives are products of their political, ecological, and cultural moment. But they are not alone.We hear from Peggy O'Donnell Heffington about her book “Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother.”

Roberson is scheduled to be put to death on October 17th in what would be the nation’s first execution based on so-called “shaken baby syndrome” which is debunked junk science. We have the latest developments.

For at least a year after being infected with the COVID virus, people may be at increased risk of developing a new heart-related problem. Those problems can range from blood clots to arrythmias to a sudden, catastrophic heart attack. In this episode of Petrie Dish, Bonnie Petrie talks with a Harvard cardiologist about why this can happen, and how to protect your heart.