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News Articles: Health

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.

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  • Climate

Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.

February 04, 2023
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  • Jeff Brady

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  • Author Interviews

Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023

In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.

February 04, 2023
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  • Thomas Lu
Medical Minute

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  • Research News

Medical Minute: Potassium Stress

This week’s Medical Minute discusses new investigations into the connection between potassium and physical symptoms associated with chronic stress. 

February 03, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
a doctor shows a patient lab results in an exam room

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  • Politics

Georgia may be best for business. But this 30-year-old policy is why some say it's worst for workers

In Georgia, time off for certain emergencies and maternity leave is protected, but a paycheck is not. 

February 03, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using the over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare Artificial Tears, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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  • Health

Manufacturer recalls eye drops after possible link to bacterial infections

EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

February 03, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Vince Zangaro on stage at the 2018 Alzheimer's Music Festival

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  • Health

10th Alzheimer's Music Fest features popular '90s bands raising money for caregivers

The Alzheimer’s Music Festival was started a decade ago by a musician who stepped back from his career in his mid 20s to care for his father, who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. The 10th annual show is Saturday at Atlanta's Buckhead Theatre.

February 02, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Yeshnee Naidoo prepares a "flow cell" for analysis by one of the center's many genetic sequencing machines.

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  • Global Health

Who's most likely to save us from the next pandemic? The answer may surprise you

The South African-based scientist who co-discovered the omicron variant of COVID-19 makes an intriguing argument.

February 02, 2023
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  • Nurith Aizenman
Each year, RSV infections send up to 80,000 kids under 5 to the hospital for emergency treatment. A new antibody treatment could protect the youngest kids — newborns and up infants up to 2 years old.

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  • Health

A single-shot treatment to protect infants from RSV may be coming soon

The illness sends tens of thousands of babies to the hospital each year. If approved, the new injection would be the first broadly available prevention tool.

February 02, 2023
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  • Tarryn Mento
A field researcher holds a male bat that was trapped in an overhead net as part of an effort to find out how the animals pass Nipah virus to humans. The animal will be tested for the virus, examined and ultimately released.

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  • Global Health

The Nipah virus has a kill rate of 70%. Bats carry it. But how does it jump to humans?

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

February 02, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel and
  • Rebecca Davis

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  • Global Health

QUIZ: How much do you know about what causes a pandemic?

As we launch a series about spillover viruses — like SARS-CoV-2, which triggered a global pandemic, you may have a lot of questions. So do we — 7, to be exact, in the quiz below. See how you do.

February 02, 2023
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, which SNAP beneficiaries use to pay for food, is displayed at a grocery store in 2019 in Oakland, Calif. SNAP emergency allotments are ending after this month and have already ended in some parts of the country.

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  • National

SNAP recipients will lose their pandemic boost and may face other reductions by March

Congress ended the temporary benefit meant to help low-income households with pandemic-era hardships. A huge increase in Social Security benefits may mean some households see further SNAP reductions.

February 02, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde

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  • Politics

A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market

A decision is expected soon in a case challenging the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a drug commonly used to induce abortions.

February 01, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
A physician assistant prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine for a patient at a vaccination clinic in New York on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.

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  • Health Care

Mpox cases in Georgia drop; CDC ends public health emergency

Mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — is no longer a public health emergency.

February 01, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
As soda consumption has dropped in the West, companies are making an effort to woo new customers in other places. This Coke bottle ad is in Mozambique.

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  • Global Health

Junk food companies say they're trying to do good. A new book raises doubts

As the marketing of soda and fast food ramps up around the world, the companies involved forge partnerships to help the poor. The new book 'Junk Food Politics' casts a critical eye at their efforts.

February 01, 2023
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  • Pien Huang
Sahar Pirzada chose to have an abortion in 2018 when she learned that her fetus had Trisomy 18, a rare genetic condition that almost always ends in miscarriage or stillbirth.

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  • Religion

Muslim-American opinions on abortion are complex. What does Islam actually say?

Since the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an abortion, many Muslims Americans have been turning to their faith to try to figure out: What does Islam say about the issue?

February 01, 2023
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  • Linah Mohammad and
  • Ashley Brown
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