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Bree Wallace works for the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund. The group uses donations to help people pay for abortion care in Florida, and to travel to other states, but has struggled financially to keep up with the demand. <br>

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  • Health

It's harder to pay and travel for abortion care and support funds are struggling

Financial aid funds that help women pay for abortions — or travel to other states to access care — are struggling financially, despite abortion's role in this year's elections.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Stephanie Colombini and
  • Elissa Nadworny
View from a Home Depot parking lot as smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Ga., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

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  • Health

Some Georgians asked to stay inside during daylight hours until chlorine plume passes

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is warning that winds could shift and people in much of Atlanta could still see haze and smell chlorine by Thursday morning. The poor air quality effects come from a chemical reaction Sunday at BioLab, a pool supply manufacturing plant in Conyers.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
In this 2014 photo, a Kenyan medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit at a Nairobi hospital wears full gear when bringing a meal to a man in quarantine in isolation housing after coming into contact with a carrier of the Marburg virus.

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  • Global Health

Marburg is an especially scary virus. How scared should we be of Rwanda's outbreak?

Rwanda is dealing with its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus. It's related to Ebola and has a mortality rate as high as 88%. What do disease experts say about the global risk?

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent checks pedestrians' documentation at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Ysidro, California. A growing number of experts believe the flow of deadly street fentanyl from Mexico into the U.S. has been disrupted, contributing to a drop in fatal overdoses.

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  • Health

The pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up, experts say

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is suddenly drying up in many parts of the U.S. and fatal overdoses are dropping.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Shailaja Paik is one of the 2024 MacArthur '"genius grant" recipients. She is a historian of modern India who writes about caste and gender, shedding light on the unseen lives of women from the Dalit caste — referred to as "untouchables."

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  • Global Health

This new MacArthur “genius” says she defied caste prejudice thanks to Dad and Mom

Shailaja Paik faced prejudice because of her family's Dalit caste and her gender. As a historian she's written ground-breaking books on India's Dalits and is now a MacArthur 'genius grant' awardee.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Professors Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim, married for more than 40 years, are respected around the world for their research on HIV. In September they were named winners of the Lasker Award for public service in recognition for their groundbreaking medical research.

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  • Global Health

'America's Nobel' goes to a power couple who made a startling discovery about HIV

This year's Lasker Prize for public service goes to South African researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool-Karim. The married couple made a startling discovery about HIV — and did something about it.

October 01, 2024
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  • Kate Bartlett
Rep. Leigh Finke, Minnesota's first openly trans legislator, arrives to cheers from supporters just before before the Minnesota Senate introduced the trans refuge bill at the state capitol building in Saint Paul in April 2023. Transgender rights may come up in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday.

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  • Health

Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means and how it happened

As states around it were passing bathroom bills and trans health care bans, Minnesota, under Gov. Tim Walz, went in the other direction, protecting transgender rights.

October 01, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin

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  • Health

Stressed out? These 8 skills can help boost mood and reduce anxiety

Life is stressful. Whether it’s work or relationship issues or you’re worrying about politics or global conflict, it can be overwhelming. NPR’s Stress Less: A quest to reclaim your calm aims to help.

September 30, 2024
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  • Allison Aubrey
Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated and others told to shelter in place after a fire at a chemical plant.

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  • Health

Chlorine found in air after chemical plant fire. Here's what to know about exposure

BioLab, a manufacturer of pool and spa treatment supplies, has not confirmed which chemicals were involved, but state and federal agencies revealed chlorine, a toxic gas with corrosive properties.

September 30, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Eight-year-old Brithany Morales is the first patient to arrive at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 29. (Courtesy of Children’s Healthcare)

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  • Children's Health

Children’s Healthcare moves into Arthur M. Blank Hospital in Brookhaven

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta closed Egleston Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 29, using 65 ambulances to move 202 patients into the brand-new Arthur M. Blank Hospital on North Druid Hills Road. 

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie

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  • Health

If you want to stress less, join NPR's quest to reclaim your calm

Life can be stressful, and how you manage it is key. We have science-backed tips to help you cope. Get five weekly newsletters and a master class in stress management: Join us.

September 30, 2024
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  • Allison Aubrey
The Maryland State House on May 11, 2023, in Annapolis, MD.

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  • Health

Maryland seemed poised this year to legalize medical aid in dying. What happened?

Most Americans support allowing some terminally ill patients to end their own lives. But a Maryland bill’s narrow defeat shows the issue is still religiously fraught and politically delicate.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Maucione
Nicole Fahey, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination from a nurse on Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.

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  • Health

Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization

Babies under six months can't be vaccinated directly against COVID. A new study found that most infants hospitalized for COVID had mothers who didn’t get the vaccine while they were pregnant.

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Fortier
The Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, a twice-a-day medication that is a new kind of treatment for schizophrenia in adults.

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  • Health

A new kind of drug for schizophrenia promises fewer side effects

A medicine that sidesteps the brain's dopamine receptors to reach different targets represents a new approach to schizophrenia treatment. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
<em>A new report from scientific experts finds that the gap between federal and state regulations on cannabis is leading to emerging problems with public health</em>

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  • Health

5 things to know from this week’s big report on cannabis

More Americans now use pot on a daily basis than alcohol. A sweeping new report says the federal government needs to better understand the risks to the public and get involved.

September 28, 2024
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  • Pien Huang
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