Health & Safety

Hundreds of runners are expected for the 45th annual Clarence DeMar Marathon

11:22am September 22, 2023

by Paul Cuno-Booth

Sunday's race in Keene, N.H., is named after a New England resident who was one of the best distance runners of the early 20th century. He played a role in redefining our relationship to exercise.

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Republican North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger

North Carolina legislature gives initial OK to budget, which also would start Medicaid expansion

8:29am September 22, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The Republican-controlled General Assembly gave initial approval Thursday to a long-delayed North Carolina budget that speeds up individual income tax cuts, broadens private-school scholarships to all K-12 children and initiates other right-leaning changes.

A son uses music to connect with his mother who suffers from Alzheimer's

9:20pm September 21, 2023

by Dustin Jones

A guitar player in a Southern California cover band spends every Sunday playing music for his mother who suffers from Alzheimer's.

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Adam Kaye and his mother, Marti Kaye, spend every Sunday together. Adam normally plays some of her favorite songs on his guitar, with Marti whistling or humming along. But he recently had shoulder surgery and won't be able to strum a guitar for a while.

Still there: Alzheimer's has ravaged his mother's memory, but music brings her back

7:13pm September 21, 2023

by Dustin Jones

After 18 years of living with Alzheimer's disease, Marti Kaye spends most of her time in a wheelchair, expressionless. That changes the minute her son Adam Kaye starts playing his guitar.

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Health advocates and community members gathered in Washington D.C. in mid September to push the Biden administration to take additional action on medical debt in an event hosted by nonprofit Community Catalyst.

Medical debt could soon be barred from ruining your credit score

6:20pm September 21, 2023

by Noam Levey

The Biden administration unveiled regulations that potentially would help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on their credit reports.

An image satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a potential tropical cyclone forming off the southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast ahead of potential cyclone, forecasters say

5:10pm September 21, 2023

by Associated Press

A tropical storm warning was issued Thursday from coastal North Carolina to Delaware ahead of a potential tropical cyclone that's approaching the densely populated East Coast.

This week in science: Nipah virus, Australian pink diamonds and how cockatoos mate

5:10pm September 21, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Godoy and Regina Barber of the Short Wave podcast about a new Nipah virus outbreak, Australian pink diamonds and the mating life of cockatoos.

Handshake over the making of a world pandemic treaty.

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The world hopes to enact a pandemic treaty by May 2024. Will it succeed or flail?

4:26pm September 21, 2023

by Ari Daniel

This week leaders at the U.N. adopted a declaration recognizing the need for nations to work together to address future pandemics. But Questions loom. How will it be enforced? Who's footing the bill?

Ozempic, approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Type 2 diabetes, is racking up blockbuster sales because many people are taking it to lose weight. As more people try it, reports to the FDA about possible side effects are rising.

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As Ozempic use grows, so do reports of possible mental health side effects

4:26pm September 21, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

Many people taking Ozempic and related drugs have reported mental health concerns. Those side effects aren't in Ozempic's instructions for use. Are the problems a coincidence or related to the drug?

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030.

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The U.N. plan to improve the world by 2030 is failing. Does that make it a failure?

1:19pm September 21, 2023

by Michael Igoe

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals — starting with an end to poverty — were set in 2015. At the halfway mark, the world is reeling from crises. Progress is stunted. Do the goals still help?