Health & Safety

Three hospitals ignored her gravely ill fiancé. Then a young doctor stepped in

5:01am November 29, 2023

Forty years ago, Sarah Lubarsky came home from work to find her fiancé vomiting and slurring his words. It took a doctor's intervention for the problem to be taken seriously.

Life expectancy in the U.S. is up in 2022, but it's still lower than before the pandemic.

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U.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic decline

12:01am November 29, 2023

by Pien Huang

A CDC analysis of 2022 data finds that U.S. life expectancy is improving after being knocked backwards during the COVID emergency. But it's still lower than it was pre-pandemic.

Texas justices hear a case about the state's three overlapping bans on abortion

5:55pm November 28, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Texas Supreme Court held a hearing on the state's medical exception to its abortion bans. Plaintiffs including women and doctors say the law is endangering lives in complicated wanted pregnancies.

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When the Center for Reproductive Rights first announced the lawsuit against Texas in March, there were five patient plaintiffs. Now there are 20.

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Texas abortion case heard before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit

4:01pm November 28, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Dr. Dani Mathisen is one of 20 patients who say abortion bans in Texas harmed them during complicated pregnancies. Attorneys in the lawsuit will argue before the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building.

A Florida election fraud chief died last year in the hallway of Ron DeSantis' office

3:27pm November 28, 2023

by Emily Olson

Peter Antonacci, the head of Florida's elections fraud office, had just left a heated meeting when he collapsed in the hallway of the governor's office, according to a newly released investigation.

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Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?

6:39pm November 27, 2023

by Catherine Sweeney - WPLN

Research about sleep and teens' brains has spurred a few states to bar high schools from starting classes very early. But in Nashville, they still start at 7:05 a.m., and changing that won't be easy.

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New Delhi's deadly smog stirs political turmoil

6:09pm November 27, 2023

by Diaa Hadid

Smog in New Delhi is so bad that one study suggests residents lose eight years of life from inhaling it. Politicians are trading blame.

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Sauratown Mountain wildfire has consumed more than 800 acres but is mostly contained

5:07pm November 27, 2023

by Paul Garber

The wildfire on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County is almost fully contained, according to state fire officials. The North Carolina Forest Service says the fire was almost 90 percent contained as of Sunday night.

The unsung hero who paid attention when no one else would

4:55pm November 27, 2023

In this week's Unsung Hero, Sarah Lubarsky recalls the doctor who addressed her fiancé's medical emergency when no one else would.

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Gregory says his wife would never have imagined the impact her fund would have.

Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — nearly $70m worth

4:37pm November 27, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Casey McIntyre decided she wanted her legacy to be clearing medical debt. But her husband says they never dreamed it would get this big.

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