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Former U.S.President Donald Trump speaks during the 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses at Horizon Events Center in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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  • Health

What would a second Trump presidency look like for health care?

The former president is reviving campaign promises to undo Obamacare, an idea that fizzled during his first time in office. Based on his record, here's what else he might do in health policy.

January 16, 2024
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By:
  • Julie Rovner
Maribel Martinez shops the produce section at King Sooper's in Boulder, Colo., the day after picking up her Fruit & Veg coupons.

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  • Health

To get fresh vegetables to people who need them, one city puts its soda tax to work

In Boulder, Colorado, officials realized there were many people who needed access to fruits and vegetables but didn't qualify for federal food assistance.

January 16, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A demonstration at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2023. A perennial Davos topic is how to improve the lives of the world's poor.

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  • Global Health

So far it's a grand decade for billionaires, says new report. As for the masses ...

As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, the charity Oxfam has issued its annual report on wealth, poverty and inequality. It makes some bold assertions. But there are skeptics.

January 15, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Muhammad Zaman, author of the book <em>We Wait for a Miracle</em><em>,</em> in his lab at Boston University.

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  • Global Health

Q&A: Author Muhammad Zaman on why health care is an impossible dream for 'unpersons'

In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman tells how about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless.

January 15, 2024
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By:
  • Tanya Basu and
  • Gisele Grayson
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

NPR quiz goes global: Test your knowledge of milestones and millstones in 2023

Test your knowledge of global health and development with 12 questions about landmark events of 2023.

January 14, 2024
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By:
  • Marc Silver

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  • Health

Opinion: Women with obesity are often restricted from IVF. That's discriminatory

Despite the lack of medical evidence for doing so, fertility clinics bar women over a certain BMI from their services. One writer makes the case such limits are unfair and unscientific.

January 14, 2024
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By:
  • Becca Muir
Canada's Vasek Pospisil is a co-founder of the Professional Tennis Players Association, a players advocacy group. He says problems with tennis balls used on tour are linked to wrist, elbow and shoulder injuries among players.

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  • Sports

Tennis balls are causing arm injuries, top players say. Now, a review is underway

Professional tennis players are increasingly vocal in claims that the lack of consistency in balls used in tournaments is linked to elbow and wrist injuries.

January 14, 2024
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By:
  • Uri Berliner
A street painting in Mumbai, India, reinforces the importance of masks amid a surge of COVID. The photo was taken on January 11.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Are we in a surge? How do you cope if your whole family catches it?

Are we in a surge? How would we know? Is winter now "COVID season?" And what do you do if your whole family got the coronavirus over the holidays? We tackle readers' coronavirus questions.

January 13, 2024
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
Mary Lou Retton performs on the balance beam in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Last week, she said she couldn't afford health insurance and owes big hospital bills after a serious illness.

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  • Health Care

Mary Lou Retton's health insurance explanation sparks some mental gymnastics

The gold-medal gymnast, who is recovering from a lengthy hospital stay, shouldn't have been denied coverage for preexisting conditions under current laws.

January 12, 2024
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  • Julie Appleby
lawmakers

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  • Health Care

What Georgia lawmakers are saying about Medicaid expansion so far

State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle responsible for making decisions around health care policy seem to agree that Medicaid, and whether or not the state will choose to expand it, will be a major issue this legislative session.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Health

Again! Again! Here's why toddlers love to do things on repeat

Reading the same books, playing the same games, asking the same questions. Kids' fascination with repetition can be exhausting for parents, but researchers say it's key to brain development.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Speaker Jon Burns at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues event Wednesday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

Will this be the year Georgia Republicans soften decadelong refusal of full Medicaid Expansion?

House Speaker Jon Burns publicly opened the door to a conversation about fully expanding Medicaid through a “private option” that skirts traditional expansion but still extends health insurance to significantly more uninsured Georgians.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Michael Strahan reveals his daughter's cancer diagnosis on 'Good Morning America'

Isabella Strahan, 19, began experiencing severe headaches, nausea and the inability to walk straight. Her MRI results showed a four-centimeter tumor, and she was diagnosed with medulloblastoma.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A memorial for those who have died on the Golden Gate Bridge covers a fence at Fort Point in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2024.

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  • Mental Health

After decades of advocacy, suicide deterrent finally comes to the Golden Gate Bridge

About 2,000 people are estimated to have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge since 1937. Now, a safety net below the bridge is nearly complete.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Lesley McClurg
As the war between Hamas and Israel continues, Palestinian women and girls are often unable to find needed menstrual products — and even running water and toilets.

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  • Global Health

Another layer of misery: Women in Gaza struggle to find menstrual pads, running water

Hundreds of thousands of women are struggling without access to pads, running water or bathrooms in Gaza.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy and
  • Abu Bakr Bashir
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