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Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) with three other polio patients in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1925.

Polio Survivors Warn Against 'Reopening' Georgia

A summer without trips to the beach or Saturdays at the pool might be hard to imagine, but it wouldn’t be the first time an epidemic shut down American...

May 01, 2020
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  • Leighton Rowell
Téquan and Mikayla Taylor

A Wedding Under The Wire: College Sweethearts Marry On The Eve Of CDC Policy Change

2018 was a big year for college sweethearts Téquan and Mikayla Taylor. Mikayla earned her master’s degree in public health, went to work full-time at...

April 10, 2020
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  • Leighton Rowell
Kaoru Ishibashi, who performs as Kishi Bashi, created music for his new album Omoiyari while doing field research at the sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

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On 'Omoiyari,' Kishi Bashi Transcends Time — And Politics — With Compassion

Kishi Bashi made a name for himself with the shiny, fantastical indie pop of his first three albums . (The singer and multi-instrumentalist also made a...

September 26, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 2 more
An arial view of Waycross, Georgia

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Amid A String Of Rare Cancers In Waycross, Residents Suspect Pollution At The Root

The network of rail lines and canals that gave Waycross its name now act as dividing lines for the community. For a century, the canals carried runoff...

July 11, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
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On Second Thought For Monday, July 8, 2019

The new head of the American Academy of Pediatrics is from Fayetteville, Georgia. Meet Dr. Sara Goza and hear about her recent visit to the U.S.-Mexico...

July 08, 2019
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