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'We can't take our health for granted' as US reopens, says …

WebAmid a public health emergency, there is usually a great deal of interest in prevention and preparedness, but over the years, these waves of interest in public …

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Coronavirus Conversations: The pandemic, women’s …

WebWomen are facing many challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including those who are pregnant. The World's reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion …

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Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has killed about 7 million people worldwide, ravaging health care systems and economies. Dr. Atul Gawande, head of global health …

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Lessons on universal healthcare

WebThe World. August 15, 2013. The United States, famously, is the only industrialized country without universal health care. For decades, the debate has centered around the best …

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Systems of oppression in health care long made …

WebMorse is a professor of medicine at Harvard University and co-founder of the Campaign Against Racism, a grassroots group of health workers around the globe. The …

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How childhood trauma affects health

WebHow childhood trauma affects health. A doctor is pictured here. In the 1980s, Dr. Vincent Felitti was working in a medical program to help obese patients lose weight. …

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Why kids struggle with long COVID

WebWhen children contract COVID-19, they aren’t as likely to get severely ill as adults. But long COVID can have a severe impact on kids, according to a new study in …

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Bees face many challenges — and climate change is …

WebThe extreme weather that has battered much of the US in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms also threaten many wild …

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Health messages in 18 different languages for new …

WebWhen COVID-19 hit, federal and state health agencies issued regular warnings which were typically only in English. Seeing the need to share critical …

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In the US, the cost of illnesses triggered by air pollution is falling

WebThe report aired on PRI’s Living on Earth with Steve Curwood. Particulates and other emissions from burning fossil fuels are costly for human health: the WHO says …

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For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks

WebThey don’t. - The World from PRX. For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks. They don’t. Immigrants undergoing medical examination at Ellis …

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How Rwanda went from genocide to global health model

WebAfter the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, many wrote the country off as a lost cause when it came to public health. Up to one million people had perished, and millions …

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Rachel Gotbaum Archives

WebRachel Gotbaum is a radio journalist with two decades of experience. Her expertise is in health and science. She has won numerous national awards for her …

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Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the …

WebBy Abby Ardiles Gerry Hadden Tibisay Zea. Children stand in front of the building of the Peruvian Congress as part of a call to demand accountability for cancer …

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Seven decades after the bomb, children of Hiroshima victims still …

WebYears before she was born, Nakatani Etsuko's father was poisoned by radiation from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. More than 70 years later, she still …

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Why taking the bus is better for our health than driving

WebStudies show that sitting in traffic is also bad for your mental health. And one last thought about the bus vs. car debate, with regards to our public health: More people …

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Virginia bill would give alternate licensing path to foreign doctors

WebDelegate Kathy Tran, who came to the United States as a refugee from Vietnam in 1980, introduced House Bill 995 in Virginia’s General Assembly earlier this …

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EU threatens to shut down popular app that pays users to watch …

WebThe European Commission is calling the new TikTok Lite app “toxic as cigarettes.” It’s a spin-off from the makers of the original TikTok, that pays people to …

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In Haiti, sexual violence is devastating women and girls

WebIn Haiti, sexual violence is devastating women and girls. Gender-based violence has become a systematic problem in Haiti, with rape incidents on the rise. …

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Hazy skies over Accra: Harsh harmattan season in Ghana leads to …

WebSevere, dry winds during the harmattan season are not new in Ghana. But experts with the country’s environmental agency say climate change is intensifying these …

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‘Guantanamo on an epic scale’: Life inside ISIS detention camps in

WebISIS still conducts large-scale attacks like the one in Russia last month that killed about 130 people. In Syria, where the group originated, it continues to be active. One …

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