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Maternity care in rural areas is in crisis. Can more doulas help?

5:00am July 26, 2024

by Jess Mador

A Georgia medical school has begun training and deploying doulas in rural areas of the state, with the goal of decreasing the risk of childbirth complications, especially for Black women.

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COVID is having a summer wave. Here's what it means for older people

10:25pm July 25, 2024

by Maria Godoy

What's with the uptick in COVID cases? There's a pattern that's been repeated each year since COVID started -- a late summer wave. Older people and those who are immuno-compromised should be careful.

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A neurological disease stole Rep. Jennifer Wexton's voice. AI helped her get it back.

10:25pm July 25, 2024

Wexton spoke on the House floor Wednesday using an "augmentative and alternative communication" program.

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Cats are lined up at a mobile spay and neuter clinic run by the animal welfare group Poi Dogs and Popoki in Haleiwa, Hawaii on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Conservationists are concerned about the number of feral cats roaming Hawaii because cat feces washing into the ocean can spread toxoplasmosis, which can be deadly for endangered Hawaiian monk seals. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

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Forsyth Animal Shelter partners with nonprofit to spay and neuter local pets

4:08pm July 25, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

The shelter will work with the Humane Solution Spay-Neuter program to up the number of fixed pets in the area. The two organizations will be neighbors now that Humane Solution has moved into the shelter’s unused surgical suite and offices.

NASA still doesn't know when two astronauts will be able to come home

4:08pm July 25, 2024

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA still is not sure when two astronauts might come home in Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft.

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LBN: Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by f

Art is a comfort for these displaced Lebanese kids

11:39am July 25, 2024

Displaced by current airstrikes and past conflicts, children board a brightly painted bus to attend art classes that aim to make them feel like kids again — and give them a way to express their pain.

Tested: Running in Circles

10:24am July 25, 2024

by Rose Eveleth

Episode 4: In 2009, South African sprinter Caster Semenya won gold at the World Championships. But instead of a celebration, she endured endless speculation about her body, her biology, and her gender. And soon, sports organizations would launch a new round of regulations, lead to multiple court cases, and require sporting organizations to justify their claim that DSD athletes have an unfair advantage.

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California tries but fails to fix a major Medicare loophole for seniors

9:19am July 25, 2024

by Kate Wolffe

Seniors choosing Medicare Advantage plans for the first time often don't realize they might get locked out of traditional Medicare for good. But changing this problem must be done state by state.

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Rogue ACA insurance agents could face criminal charges under a proposed law

5:02am July 25, 2024

by Julie Appleby

Consumers, without their consent, are being enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans or their coverage is switched. A powerful U.S. senator has introduced legislation to curb the growing problem.

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Researchers have found a protein that seems to protect brain cells from Alzheimer's

10:20pm July 24, 2024

by Jon Hamilton

A study of 48 post-mortem brains found a protein that appears to protect brain cells from Alzheimer's — even in people who had significant amounts of amyloid plaques in their brains.

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