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Senate Health Bill Would Make High Premiums Worse, Dr. Emanuel Says

8:34am July 17, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Zeke Emanuel — one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare — about the Senate's health care bill. A vote on the legislation has been postponed.

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News Brief: GOP Health Bill Vote Postponed, Iran Sentences U.S. Citizen

7:53am July 17, 2017

A vote on the Senate's health care bill has been delayed. An American graduate student who disappeared in Iran months ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to an Iranian news agency.

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In this file photo, a woman puts in her contact lens.

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Doctors Report Removing 27 Contact Lenses From A Woman's Eye

3:58pm July 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The patient hadn't complained of irritation. "She was quite shocked," specialist trainee ophthalmologist Rupal Morjaria tells Britain's Optometry Today.

This is a color-enhanced transmission electron micrograph image of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.

Gonorrhea — AKA The Clap — Is Excellent At Resisting Antibiotics

8:11am July 16, 2017

by Rina Shaikh-Lesko

The sexually transmitted disease is typically not fatal but can cause a lifetime of suffering. And the go-to drugs are increasingly less effective.

Reihan Salam Of 'National Review' On The GOP's Options For Health Care

8:03am July 16, 2017

Senate Republicans still can't agree on their health care plan. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Reihan Salam, executive editor of National Review, about the Republican Party's options.

Jack Gilbert, co-author of the book "Dirt Is Good," says kids should be encouraged to get dirty, play with animals and eat colorful vegetables.

'Dirt Is Good': Why Kids Need Exposure To Germs

7:15am July 16, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Should I use antibacterial soaps? How often should I bathe my child? Those are just some of the questions Jack Gilbert, a microbiome scientist, answers in his new book.

New research finds that African-Americans who grow up in harsh environments and endure stressful experiences are much more likely to develop Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.

Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans

2:05am July 16, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

New research finds that African-Americans who grow up in harsh environments and have many stressful experiences are much more likely to develop Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a meeting of GOP senators in the U.S. capitol on June 22, when most Republican senators were given their first opportunity to look at legislation aimed at overhauling the Affordable Care Act during the closed door meeting