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Jon Kabat-Zinn is a leading researcher into the health effects of meditation. He developed the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction protocol in 1979.

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A leading mindfulness teacher shares insights to counter tech addiction and isolation

2:28pm March 10, 2024

by Pien Huang

Jon Kabat-Zinn, who brought mindfulness meditation into mainstream medical settings, discusses how the centering practice can help with some of today's widespread social problems.

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In her book Coming Out As Dalit, Yashica Dutt writes about growing up as a member of one of India's lowest castes, hiding her identity — then finally deciding to go public with the struggles she has faced.

Q&A: Yashica Dutt on her life as part of an oppressed caste in 'Coming Out As Dalit'

8:43am March 10, 2024

by Kamala Thiagarajan

When Dutt was a kid, her family pretended to be rich so no one would suspect their caste identity. In her memoir, she talks of her struggles — and her decision to publicly declare she is a Dalit.

Left to right: Elizabeth Vihenda runs a vegetable stand. "I may stumble and fall," she says. But she is determined to "rise again." Everlyne Bowa mentors young girls. Benta Agola, who is HIV positive, is a peer educator. Botul Kassim Issa says she has to work twice as hard as a man to land jobs as an emcee.

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Resilient and strong: Voices of women from Kenya's largest 'slum'

8:49am March 09, 2024

by Thomas Bwire

International Women's Day, on March 8, celebrates the achievements of women. We share stories from women in the the Kibera community, which locals call a "slum," about their setbacks and successes.

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Health industry struggles to recover from cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth

7:16am March 09, 2024

Doctors are worried that the attack on Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHeathcare's Optum division, will mean they can't get paid properly for months.

This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023 shows packaging for the company's Wegovy medication. The popular weight-loss drug can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

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FDA approves Wegovy for lowering heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients

5:51pm March 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

The popular weight-loss drug can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity, the FDA said.

Syrian medics launched a vaccination campaign in the northwestern Idlib province in early 2023. Such campaigns depend on the global cholera vaccine stockpile, which is currently empty.

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry

4:29pm March 08, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

With cholera on the rise around the world, the global vaccine stockpile is running dry. New doses go right to active outbreaks, with none left for prevention campaigns. Can vaccine makers catch up?

Chaim Otmazgin, 50, poses for a portrait in his home in Petah Tikva, Israel.

An Israeli responder's work on Oct. 7 shows the challenges of investigating atrocities

1:20pm March 08, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

Israel says Palestinian attackers committed sexual violence on Oct. 7. Some accounts of rape were substantiated by a U.N. report, but the allegations continue to face intense scrutiny.

Maria E. Garay-Serratos holds a framed photograph of her mother, who died after suffering decades of domestic violence. Scientists are trying to understand how domestic violence damages the brain.

Domestic violence may leave telltale damage in the brain. Scientists want to find it

5:01am March 08, 2024

by Jon Hamilton

Traumatic brain injuries from intimate partner violence are common, and potentially more severe than those seen in sports.

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The world is facing a major cholera vaccine shortage amid outbreaks

6:15pm March 07, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

The global cholera vaccine stockpile is empty at a time when there are outbreaks around the world. Last year, the WHO recommended the vaccine dose be cut in half to stretch the supply.

New Alabama law protects IVF, but still identifies embryo as a child

4:56pm March 07, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with fertility specialist Dr. Beth Malizia following the new Alabama law that protects IVF.