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Stargazing, poetry and meditation: What connects NPR readers to their spirituality

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, it's poetry and gardening, for others, it's meditation and community.

March 19, 2025
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
A sign in Jackson, Miss., in May 1961. The contract clause deleted from federal regulations last month dated back to the mid-1960s and specifically said entities doing business with the government should not have segregated waiting rooms, drinking fountains or transportation.

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  • National

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

March 18, 2025
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Attendees of Georgia's March for Life take a group photo outside the state Capitol on March 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

Two rallies at the Georgia Capitol demonstrate vast divide on abortion stance

Compared to last year, abortion remains a largely untouched issue by state lawmakers. Constituents on both sides of the debate say they'd like to see more action.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Hong Yeo holds a pacifier that can monitor electrolyte levels via saliva

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  • Children's Health

New high-tech pacifier monitors NICU babies' electrolytes, preventing multiple daily blood draws

Currently, the only way to monitor electrolytes is to draw blood multiple times a day, which can be painful and frightening for babies as well as challenging to perform for medical staff, who can have trouble drawing blood from tiny, underdeveloped blood vessels.

March 18, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
The seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs is seen outside the agency's building in Washington, D.C. The VA says it will no longer offer medical treatment for gender dysphoria to veterans.

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  • Politics

The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients

While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.

March 17, 2025
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  • Huo Jingnan
The American Phycological Association has a new guide to helping teens be smarter viewers of online content.

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  • Your Health

Here are 4 ways parents can help their teens be smart with screen time

With teens, it doesn't help to just say no to screen time. Instead, experts suggest teaching them to be smarter viewers of content, and learn to recognize how influencers and algorithms can manipulate them.

March 17, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle
Doctors in New York will have to discuss treatment costs upfront with patients under a new law.

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  • Health

A law in New York pushes doctors to be upfront about patients' costs

The law originally banned health care providers from forcing patients to agree to pay medical bills, no matter the cost. Consumer groups say an amended version doesn't go far enough.

March 17, 2025
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  • Michelle Andrews
Monique Morris faced a Stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis at 31, just after her son Brandon turned 1. Through her treatments, Brandon always gave her a reason to smile, she says.

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  • Health

Her cancer diagnosis made motherhood both harder and more sweet

As cancer rates rise among people under 50, more and more parents are facing the heightened emotions and challenging logistics of raising kids while going through treatment.

March 17, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
Most kids recover from measles. But the virus can be deadly and can erase the immune system's memory.

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  • Health

Measles remains a danger to health even years after an infection

The measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is now close to 300 cases. Most are unvaccinated children. People usually recover, but doctors are stressing how dangerous and long-lasting it can be.

March 17, 2025
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  • Maria Godoy
Hani al-Farra shared these images of his son and daughter, who went missing with his pregnant wife and their third child at a Syrian regime checkpoint in 2013. Al-Farra searched for them for years to no avail. After news emerged that security forces had hidden some children of detained women in Damascus orphanages, he began his search again.

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  • Global Health

The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now?

Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during the war are now seeking information on their fate. NPR investigates.

March 16, 2025
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Mirna Alrached
salted caramel scoop of ice cream flinging from scooper

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  • Health

Why there's always room for dessert, according to brain science

It doesn't matter how full you are, you can always fit in a bite or two or three of pie and ice cream. Scientists say it has to due with special neurons in our brain that just can't get enough sugar.

March 15, 2025
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  • Emily Kwong and
  • Andrea Muraskin

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  • Global Health

Here are 8 photography winners with disabilities who show the world their perspective

Here are the winning entries in this year's Global Ability Photography Challenge.

March 15, 2025
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By:
  • Charu Bahri
Wastewater sampling plays an increasing role in identifying disease outbreaks. Above: Inspectors in Oakland, Calif., collect samples to send to labs that will try to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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  • Global Health

How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse -- and for better

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the way the world responds to infectious disease.

March 14, 2025
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel

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  • Health

Are beef tallow fries any healthier? These nutritionists say don't kid yourself

In a recent appearance on Fox News, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ate French fries cooked in beef tallow and mused that 'food is medicine.' Nutrition scientists are scratching their heads.

March 14, 2025
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  • Sarah Boden
State troopers helped keep order during protests at the state capitol last summer.

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  • Health

Political climate linked with Georgia women’s mental health outcomes, Emory study finds

A study published in Social Science and Medicine in January examined some of the potential mental health effects related to the current political climate.

March 14, 2025
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  • Allen Siegler
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