Health & Safety

Brad Stevens used to think he didn't need health insurance.

Medicaid Looks Good To A Former Young Invincible

11:38am October 04, 2013

by Sarah Varney

A 54-year-old California man has never had health insurance and wasn't much interested in the debate over the Affordable Care Act. But after some recent health setbacks, he is eager to sign up for coverage made possible by the law.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PulseNet service monitors clusters of sickness linked to potentially dangerous strains of foodborne pathogens such as E.coli or salmonella.

CDC: Shutdown Strains Foodborne Illness Tracking

11:38am October 04, 2013

by Allison Aubrey

A team of eight people overseeing the critical foodborne illness tracking database PulseNet has been reduced to three. And a CDC division chief says that a multistate outbreak would push the remaining staff beyond their capacity.

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Cellist Matt Haimovitz made it big in the classical music scene as a little kid.

Studying The Science Behind Child Prodigies

12:53pm October 03, 2013

by NPR Staff

Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a world-renowned cellist. His mother took him to many concerts as a kid, but nothing in his family history explains where he got his extraordinary talent. And that's typical, says Ellen Winner, a psychology professor at Boston College who has spent much of her career studying prodigies.

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Assisters get up to speed on how best to explain the new health coverage choices during training on Sept. 25 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

First Step In Health Exchange Enrollment: Train The Helpers

2:06pm October 02, 2013

by Julie Rovner

Navigators are a key part of the health law rollout. They work at nonprofit organizations, and they're being trained to help people learn about their coverage options. In some areas that training is still going on, even though the exchanges are up and running.

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Triad Residents Learn More About New Health Insurance Exchanges

1:41am October 02, 2013

by Keri Brown

Online enrollment in the new health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act began on Tuesday.

In Florida, Insurer And Nonprofits Work On Enrollment

7:05pm October 01, 2013

by Greg Allen

Florida resisted implementing the Affordable Care Act. Now, in the absence of the state encouraging people to sign up for insurance on exchanges set up under it, other groups have stepped in.

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Health Exchange Day One: A View From California

6:38pm October 01, 2013

by Pauline Bartolone

We'll hear how things went in California Tuesday as people started to sign up for insurance in the Affordable Care Act.

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Healthcare Exchanges Go Into Effect Today

6:07pm October 01, 2013

A key part of the federal Affordable Care Act went into effect today, as people can begin to sign up for insurance on the health care exchanges.

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The Religious Alternative To Obamacare's Individual Mandate

4:54pm October 01, 2013

by NPR Staff

The new federal health law has a few exemptions from its insurance mandate, including health care sharing ministries. Members pay a monthly fee to help cover some of each other's medical costs — but there are no guarantees.

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How Our Stone Age Bodies Struggle To Stay Healthy In Modern Times

10:00am October 01, 2013

In The Story of the Human Body, evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman explains how our bodies haven't adapted to modern conditions. The result is "mismatch diseases" — ailments that occur because our bodies weren't designed for the environments in which we now live.

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