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Addiction Kills More Blacks, But Treatment Is Prescribed Mostly To Whites

9:34pm May 08, 2019

by Martha Bebinger

A study looked at who gets prescriptions for buprenorphine, and found that white patients are almost 35 times as likely to get the lifesaving addiction treatment than African Americans.

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Lessons Learned From California's Effort To Tighten The Childhood Immunization Law

5:49pm May 08, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with California state Sen. Richard Pan. Pan is also a pediatrician, and he was one of the leaders of the effort to force parents to vaccinate their children.

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Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway (left), now 17, with her mother Joanne Carnell-Holdaway. Isabelle has a dangerous infection that is being treated with a cocktail of genetically modified viruses.

Genetically Modified Viruses Help Save A Patient With A 'Superbug' Infection

5:49pm May 08, 2019

by Rob Stein

Treatment with genetically altered bacteriophages — viruses that attack bacteria — may have halted a patient's near-fatal infection, hinting at new ways to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services, announced a new rule requiring drugmakers to publish drug list prices in TV ads.

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Will Displaying Drug List Prices In Ads Help Lower Costs?

5:48pm May 08, 2019

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The government wants consumers to have sticker shock about drug prices. A new rule requires list prices be displayed in TV ads. Patients advocates are not sure it will do much to lower prices.

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How Big A Problem Is Religious Objection In Health Care?

4:44pm May 08, 2019

About once a year for the last decade, a health care provider would file a complaint of conscience through Health and Human Services. Last year, complaints skyrocketed to 343.

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A new book explores the psychological harms of domestic violence.

'No Visible Bruises' Upends Stereotypes Of Abuse, Sheds Light On Domestic Violence

1:55pm May 08, 2019

by Terry Gross

An average of four women are killed by their partners every day in America. Crisis center CEO Suzanne Dubus and writer Rachel Louise Snyder talk about how to help women leave abusive relationships.

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Somali American and Muslim model Halima Aden wears a burkini for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, sparking both praise and criticism on social media.

Halima Aden Is First To Wear A Burkini In 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue

1:21pm May 08, 2019

The Somali American model was also the first to wear a burkini in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant in 2016. Find out more about the garment — and the controversies it has sparked.

The bacterium that causes the plague travels around on fleas. This flea illustration is from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in London in 1665.

Bubonic Plague Strikes In Mongolia: Why Is It Still A Threat?

9:50pm May 07, 2019

by Melody Schreiber

The ancient disease is still around — and killed a couple in Mongolia just this month. Here's a look at the history — and persistence — of the plague.

Naju Dorma, 73, and Lacuo Dorma, 66, belong to the Mosuo society in China, where grandmothers head up households. They're posing in traditional garb in their village of Luoshui.

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Think Women Aren't Big Risk Takers? These Chinese Girls Buck The Stereotype

9:42pm May 07, 2019

by Maanvi Singh

Many studies show that women are less willing to take risks than men are. But new research, on girls from a community in China run by women, offers insights into what leads to more risk taking.

Kristan Kerr says she watched her daughter grow up while she was in prison. "Every visit, I'd say you're getting big, you've grown," Kerr says. "I just watched her grow all the way up."

'They Love Their Kids': Texas Lawmakers Want To Send Fewer Moms To Prison

6:13pm May 07, 2019

by Christopher Connelly

For years in prison, Kristan Kerr looked forward to one thing every month: a visit from her daughter. "I just watched her grow all the way up," she says.

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