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The Vice Presidential Debate will be held tomorrow night with
Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic Senator Kamala Harris
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Location: University of Utah.
Moderator: Susan Page, USA Today.
The debate will be 90 minutes long.  It will be divided into nine segments of 10 minutes each.

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1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)

2. What is Hepatitis C?

3. What discovery did each scientist make over decades?

4. What did the scientists’ combined work accomplish?

5. What hope is there for the future of Hepatitis C, thanks to the work of these three men?

6. On what days will each of the other Nobel Prizes be awarded?

CHALLENGE: Watch the videos under “Resources” below. The winners each worked diligently for many years to make their discoveries.
a) What do you think of the perseverance of the three?
b) What do you think overall of the ability of scientists working for the U.S. government and/or for private American companies as they work to develop treatments/cures for diseases?