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  • Health

Carter Center Mental Health Program to merge with Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers

The merger, to be completed by June 2025, will connect two issues — mental health and caregiving — championed by the late former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter.

March 05, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A woolly mouse, a breed created by scientists using genetic engineering. The development is a first step toward reviving a version of the extinct woolly mammoth.

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  • Health

Hoping to revive mammoths, scientists create 'woolly mice'

Hoping to bring the giant, ancient animal back from extinction, scientists have created a far smaller woolly creature. Woolly mice have some of the key traits of mammoths, including their thick, hairy coat.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • Health

In a sudden reversal, CDC rescinds some staff firings

Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "cleared to return to work."

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
People march in downtown Boise, Idaho, in 2022, in response to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.

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  • Politics

Trump administration signals it will let Idaho enforce its restrictive abortion ban

The Justice Department said it would move to dismiss a lawsuit originally filed against Idaho by the Biden administration, according to court papers filed by the state's largest hospital network.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025.

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  • Health

Trump vowed to end surprise medical bills. The team working on that just got slashed

Trump's first round of staff cuts to federal agencies eliminated dozens of positions at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, in charge of implementing the No Surprises Act.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Noam Levey
Tracy Hooper holds a redacted letter from her insurance company

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  • Mental Health

So-called insurance 'clawbacks' are driving Georgia mental health therapists into private practice

Many therapists want to be accessible to clients with insurance, but doing so is risky when billing errors and complex coding rules lead insurance companies to "claw back" previously paid reimbursements.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
While many museums have their guests exit through the gift shop, patrons of the American Prohibition Museum in Savannah end their journey at a "speakeasy," run by bar manager Nicole Price.

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  • Business

Mocktails stir change in Savannah's tourism scene amid America's alcohol retreat

Why Savannah's tourism economy may be well-positioned to weather young adults' slow but steady decline in alcohol consumption

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne

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  • Your Health

From blah to buoyant, these skills can improve your mood and optimism

Last fall, thousands of people took part in a stress reduction study, learning skills that can improve mood and reduce anxiety. The results are in: Here's what they show.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
When Richard Cotter began to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he lost job after job. Then, a small local company offered him a role that helped rebuild his sense of purpose.

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  • Arts & Life

After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, a new job gave a father 'dignity' and 'purpose'

When Paul Cotter's father began to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he lost job after job. Then, a small local company offered him a role that helped rebuild his sense of purpose.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel
Chatham Emergency Services ambulance

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  • Politics

Lawmakers are considering multi-million-dollar upgrade to Georgia’s aging 911 infrastructure

The Next Generation 911 system would include technology used to improve response times.

March 03, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
James Harrison looks at 8-month-old Layla and her mother, Beth Ismay, in Sydney, Australia, in May 2018. It was the last time Harrison donated blood.

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  • Obituaries

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

March 03, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Zalmai Afzali, an internal medicine doctor in northeastern Virginia, had to complete a residency program in the U.S. after having already finished one in Afghanistan. He supports new state laws dropping such requirements for foreign-trained doctors.

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  • Health

To solve for doctor shortages, states ease licensing for foreign-trained physicians

Some states are trying to make it easier for doctors trained in other countries to work in the U.S. Skeptics say other licensing and hiring barriers could hamper this effort.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Arielle Zionts
Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health for more than a decade and continued his career at the agency after he stepped aside as director in 2021, has resigned.

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  • Health

Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Eggs for sale at 66 cents each from a supermarket in Monterey Park, Calif., on Feb. 10.

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  • National

USDA unveils a $1 billion plan to address the egg crisis

Eggs have become the grocery staple that Americans can't stop talking about, whether its fears of widespread bird flu getting worse or the drastic increase in prices.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Scott Horsley

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  • Health

As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really?

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy and
  • Alyson Hurt
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