
All Things Considered
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RFK's Vitamin A recommendation for measles worries disease experts
by Maria Godoy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., says the CDC has sent vaccines to Texas, but emphasizes using vitamin A to treat the disease -- worrying infectious disease doctors.
VA Still Under Pressure To Reduce Disability Claim Backlog
by Quil Lawrence
A veterans group handed the White House a petition to take action on the "million veteran backlog" on Tuesday. But the Veterans Administration says that backlogged claims are dropping for the fifth month in a row and are now under half a million.
Summer Of '63: Old Lessons For A New Movement
by Shereen Marisol Meraji
Elmore Leonard, The 'Dickens Of Detroit,' Dies At 87
by Noah Adams
Legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard published 46 novels, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. His works were adapted countless times for film and TV. Noah Adams remembers the man whose advice to other writers was "try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip."
Crews Battling Massive Idaho Fire Settle In For A Long Fight
by Sadie Babits
A massive wildfire is continuing to burn near the resort towns of Ketchum and Sun Valley in Idaho. While some evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes, the fire could burn until the first snows come this fall.
What's Behind The Turnaround At Miami Public Schools?
by Claudio Sanchez
Alberto Carvalho runs the nation's fourth largest school district — Miami Dade Public Schools. Since he took over four years ago, the district's turnaround has been nothing short of "miraculous", or so his supporters say. During his tenure the dropout rate has plummeted. The high school graduation rate has climbed to record levels and test scores for all students are way up. How did Carvalho do it?