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News Articles: Health

Lauren Miller, of Dallas, Texas, says that her state's abortion laws added to the stress and turmoil her family faced after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition in utero.

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  • Health

3 abortion bans in Texas leave doctors 'talking in code' to pregnant patients

Some doctors in Texas are so worried about the abortion bans, they hint to patients with pregnancy complications, "I've heard traveling to Colorado is really nice this time of year."

March 01, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Lauren Miller at her home in Dallas, in January 2023. When she was 15 weeks pregnant, she traveled to Colorado to have a "selective reduction" abortion, after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition.

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  • Health

To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to 'escape' Texas for abortion procedure

When Lauren Miller found out one of her twins had a fatal condition, she discovered her doctors in Texas would only say: You need to leave the state. She went to Colorado for a selective reduction.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
In an appearance on Fox News, FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterates the agency's position about the origins of COVID and a potential lab leak. The assessment is not new, but it's far from universal.

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  • Health

Wray publicly comments on the FBI's position on COVID's origins, adding political fire

On Fox News, the FBI director reiterated the agency's assessment that COVID was unleashed after a potential lab incident. That's not the consensus among intelligence and scientific communities.

February 28, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
Items from a 1973 time capsule are displayed after it was opened at Atrium Health Navicent hospital on Feb. 28, 2023.

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  • History

Coins, stamps, the Great Snow of ’73: Macon hospital’s time capsules offer a glimpse of the past

Two time capsules containing items from Macon’s past were opened and exhibited Tuesday morning, a half century after they were entombed at the city’s hospital.

February 28, 2023
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  • Laura Corley
GPB News NPR

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  • Sports

Former NFL star and CBS sports anchor Irv Cross had the brain disease CTE

The Philadelphia Eagles cornerback, who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, is the latest football player diagnosed with CTE. Cross died in 2021.

February 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Karla Renée was 18 weeks into her pregnancy when she and her husband Sam learned that the fetus had a serious genetic anomaly that could lead to severe physical and mental disabilities. They were faced with an enormous and pressing decision. In North Carolina, where they live, the current law forbids abortion after 20 weeks gestational age.

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  • Health

Have you tried to get an abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned? Share your story

NPR is reporting on the impact of state restrictions on abortion. If you have tried to obtain an abortion since last June, we'd like to hear from you.

February 28, 2023
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  • Editors
After her pregnancy, Danielle Laskey discovered the hospital was out of network for her health plan, and her insurer said surprise-billing laws protecting patients from big out-of-network bills for emergency care did not apply

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  • Health

A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill

Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Harris Meyer
In 2003, President George W. Bush created PEPFAR to help countries tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis. Four years later, he spoke at the Rose Garden to urge lawmakers to set aside $30 billion for the cause over the next 5 years. Joining him were Kunene Tantoh of South Africa and her 4-year-old son (pictured). Tantoh, who is HIV-positive, coordinated a U.S.-funded mentoring program for mothers with HIV.

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  • Global Health

George W. Bush's anti-HIV program is hailed as 'amazing' — and still crucial at 20

PEPFAR is the "most amazing thing in the history of HIV," says Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society. Bush himself came to Washington this month to urge reauthorization..

February 28, 2023
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  • Melody Schreiber

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  • Health

Why 'lost their battle' with serious illness is the wrong thing to say

When a dire disease strikes, it's easy to slip into war terms to describe the experience. But that sort of talk turns life into two outcomes: winning and losing. And that's not the way life works.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Marc Silver
Pedestrians cross Houston Street as students wearing masks leave the New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m) school in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York.

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  • Health

People who think they're attractive are less likely to wear masks, a study shows

People's likeliness to wear a mask can depend on how attractive they deem themselves and how important it is to them to make a first impression given certain circumstances.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks at the the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, 2022.

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  • Politics

House Rep. Joaquin Castro underwent surgery to remove gastrointestinal tumors

Rep. Joaquin Castro, who represents the 20th Congressional District in Texas, said doctors discovered tumors in his gastrointestinal tract last summer, and he had them removed Monday.

February 28, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

How an infectious disease expert interprets conflicting reports on COVID-19's origins

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Michael Osterholm about what the general public can understand about the origins of COVID-19.

February 27, 2023
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  • Gus Contreras,
  • Ashley Brown,
  • and 1 more
A closeup of a person's nose, mouth and hand while smoking a cigarette

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  • Health

This is how Georgia lawmakers are balancing public health and tax hikes on smokers

Advocates of House Bill 191 argue higher tobacco taxes will reduce the number of smokers and save on health care costs, but other anti-smoking advocates say we need to do more to combat the physical, economical, and racist effects.

February 27, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Energy Dept. says with 'low confidence' that lab leak may be origin of COVID-19

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Michael Gordon of The Wall Street Journal about a classified report indicating the Energy Department believes the COVID pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in China.

February 27, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Europe

The impact of the Ukraine war on food supplies: 'It could have been so much worse'

That's the view of Joseph Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute. He considers the fear the war would lead to a surge in food prices – and a dramatic worsening of world hunger.

February 27, 2023
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  • Nurith Aizenman
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