Health & Safety

WHO Says Ebola Outbreak Is Not An International Threat

5:19pm June 14, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization met Friday to discuss developments in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The meeting was prompted by three cases that appeared in Uganda this week.

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Attorneys Unveil Plan For National Settlement Of Lawsuits From Opioid Epidemic

4:34pm June 14, 2019

by Brian Mann

Attorneys who represent hundreds of local governments have a new proposal for how to deal with the opioid crisis. They unveiled the framework for nationwide settlement in federal court on Friday.

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Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Odede during their countdown to parenthood.

Health & Safety

Why A Fearless Dad-To-Be Was Scared Of Fatherhood

4:21pm June 14, 2019

by Marc Silver

Kennedy Odede was frightened by the prospect of becoming a dad: "I should do it the right way. But by the way ... what is the right way?"

Assemblywoman Mahjabeen Sheran on the day she brought her 8-month-old son to a session in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The secretary of the assembly said babies were against the rules.

Health & Safety

How A Baby Caused A Revolutionary Change In Pakistan

2:58pm June 14, 2019

by Benazir Samad

It all began when a member of the Balochistan assembly brought her 8-month-old son to a session.

Countries Are Ranked On Everything From Health To Happiness. What's The Point?

1:48pm June 14, 2019

by Malaka Gharib

Nonprofits and advocacy groups use the rankings as a tool to name and shame countries into improving their policies. But the indexes do have some drawbacks.

Computer scientists are developing robots that can provide intimacy, rather than just sexual pleasure.

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Mechanical Sex: The Relationship Between Intercourse And Intimacy

9:57am June 14, 2019

As a society, we talk about sex more openly today than ever before. But so much still goes unsaid. This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, complicated stories of intimacy and attraction.

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In many rural areas, helicopters are the only speedy way to get patients to a trauma center or hospital burn unit. As more than 100 rural hospitals have closed around the U.S. since 2010, the need for air transport has only increased.

Why Air Ambulance Bills Are Still Sky-High

5:00am June 14, 2019

by Rachel Bluth

The median air ambulance bill is more than $36,000 and is seldom covered by health plans. So far, legislative hurdles and industry pressure have kept Congress from stepping in.

New York eliminated a religious exemption to vaccine requirements Thursday in the face of the nation's worst measles outbreak in decades.

New York Ends Religious Exemptions For Required Vaccines

11:13pm June 13, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill passed by the Legislature Thursday, amid a "health crisis." The measure also eliminates other nonmedical exemptions for schoolchildren.

Drug agents last fall worked with a Minneapolis police SWAT team to seize just under 171 pounds of methamphetamine. Many U.S. states say they face an escalating problem with meth and drugs other than opioids.

Federal Grants Restricted To Fighting Opioids Miss The Mark, States Say

8:10pm June 13, 2019

The U.S. government has doled out at least $2.4 billion in state grants since 2017, specifically targeting the opioid epidemic. Yet drug abuse problems seldom involve only one substance.

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Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden publicly switched his position on the Hyde Amendment under pressure from other Democrats.

Ban On Abortion Funding Stays In House Bill As 2020 Democrats Promise Repeal

5:09pm June 13, 2019

by Kelsey Snell

Presidential candidates oppose the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortion services. But House Democrats kept it in a spending package that's expected to pass in the coming days.

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