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'Mind Fixers' Documents The 'Troubled Search' For Mental Illness Medication

2:04pm April 24, 2019

by Terry Gross

Anne Harrington chronicles the search for a biological understanding of mental illness. She believes the revolution in medication has left behind a legacy of over-diagnosis and over-medication.

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Carolina Curious: The Search For Safe, Affordable Housing

8:59am April 24, 2019

by David Ford

Over the past few months, WFDD has received several questions from listeners about housing issues. Despite its continued growth, the Triad has some of the highest eviction rates in the country.

One reason? Lack of affordable housing.

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President Trump To Speak At Opioid Abuse Summit In Atlanta

7:13am April 24, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about Wednesday's summit. It's a chance for Trump to say what he's doing about the public health emergency.

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World's First Malaria Vaccine Launches In Sub-Saharan Africa

11:05pm April 23, 2019

by Michaeleen Doucleff

It took more than 30 years to develop. The hope is it will eventually save tens of thousands of lives each year. But there are a few issues.

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Former Rochester Drug Co-Operative CEO Laurence Doud III, facing criminal charges stemming from the opioid crisis, leaves the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday.

Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis

9:43pm April 23, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A DEA official said the indictments are meant to send "shock waves" through the pharmaceutical industry to remind it of its responsibility to help control prescription medications.

Rochester Drug Cooperative Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Role In Opioid Epidemic

6:15pm April 23, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gary Craig, a Democrat and Chronicle reporter, about the first major pharmaceutical distributor to face federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid epidemic.

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How do you tell the good parenting advice from the bad? When producer Selena Simmons-Duffin's daughter was ready to start solid food, her parents encountered wildly conflicting advice about what to feed her.

Drowning In Parenting Advice? Here's Some Advice For That

4:43pm April 23, 2019

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

In her new book, Cribsheet, economist Emily Oster offers a lifeline to parents overwhelmed by contradictory parenting guidance. She offers a data-driven, and common-sense, approach to raising a baby.

Dr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung of Cameroon, who was killed on Friday in the attack on an Ebola response command center in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The Doctor Killed In Friday's Ebola Attack Was Dedicated ... But Also Afraid

1:01pm April 23, 2019

by Nurith Aizenman

Dr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung of Cameroon arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo just four weeks ago – and was increasingly worried about his safety.

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Sergio, a Guatemalan migrant, recently visited a mobile medical van with his 2-year-old son, Dylan. Sergio thinks his son became sick in a holding facility, where they spent two days.

At The U.S.-Mexico Border, Volunteer Medics Step In To Care For Migrants

6:57am April 23, 2019

by Mallory Falk

From a mother with belly pain to a teen girl with a possibly infected tooth, volunteer medics are treating migrants once they've been released from government custody.

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Over the past decade, hospitals have been rapidly building outpatient clinics or purchasing existing independent ones. It was a lucrative business strategy because such clinics could charge higher rates, on the premise that they were part of a hospital. M

Hospitals Chafe Under A Medicare Rule That Reduces Payments To Far-Flung Clinics

5:00am April 23, 2019

by Carmen Heredia Rodriguez

Hospital-owned clinics that are miles away should be reimbursed at the same rates as an independent doctor, but not more, Medicare says. That new rule could save taxpayers $380 million in 2019.