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August 5, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

Season 2023 Episode 228 | 26m 45s

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the FDA approves the first pill to treat postpartum depression. Twelve years after a tsunami sent Fukushima’s nuclear plant into a meltdown, Japan plans to release over a million tons of treated wastewater from the facility. Plus, a look at privacy issues around reproductive health data in a post-Roe America.

Aired: 08/04/23 | Expires: 09/04/23
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Extras
How Trump's attack on wind power is impacting the energy industry
White House slashes, then restores, funding to treat mental health and addiction
3D tech preserves and reproduces masterpieces, raising ethical questions
Black midwife’s death highlights racial gap in maternal mortality
Minnesota leaders call for calm as protests escalate and Trump intensifies threats
What is the Insurrection Act? Explaining its powers as Trump threatens to use it
News Wrap: U.S. places new sanctions on several Iranian officials
Machado presents Trump her Nobel Prize as uncertainty surrounds Venezuela’s leadership
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