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On Thursday the Food and Drug Administration announced approval for a remarkable new system designed to give limited vision to the blind: surgically implanted electrodes coupled with a pair of glasses and a camera. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has unanimously approved Senator John Kerry to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. NBC's Danielle Leigh reports. (NBC News)

A federal judge has approved BP's settlement with businesses and individuals hit by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. NBC's Lester Holt has more. (Nightly News)

NBC's Ron Mott reports on the latest from the labor protests in Lansing, Michigan, and then, Msnbc's Tamron Hall talks with Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich. (NewsNation)

The drug, which suppresses appetite, is available to severely overweight patients with related medical problems. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)

For the second time in a month, the FDA has approved a prescription weight loss drug. TODAY contributor Dr. Roshini Raj and TODAY diet and nutrition editor Madelyn Fernstrom discuss the potential benefits and side effects of the pill that will be called Qsymia. (TODAY)

The FDA has added another tool to the battle of the bulge, approving the first new prescription diet drug in over a decade. NBC News chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman and TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer break down what you need to know about Belviq. (TODAY)

NBC's Robert Bazell talks about the medical breakthrough for those suffering from one of the deadliest forms of cancer. (NewsNation)