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Shaun Flores (from left), Sarah Jaley, Michael — a teacher who asked NPR not to use his last name for medical privacy — and Elizabeth Vossen say OCD impacts their lives on a day-to-day basis.

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  • Health

This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.

October 31, 2024
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  • Claire Murashima
Callie Beale and her daughter Kit pose for a portrait near their home in Savannah.

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  • Politics

Delay in care can be deadly in pregnancy. Here's one mother's experience with Georgia's abortion law

“I should have been able to act without the government's interference in order to save my daughter's life,” said Savannah mother Callie Beale.

October 31, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Dawn Shedrick, left, is one of roughly 106 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S. For 30 years, Shedrick taken care of her mother, Nathalia Shedrick, right, who has multiple sclerosis.

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  • Health

Caregiving can be a tough, lonely mission. One daughter found ways to reconnect

Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Kat McGowan
A 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion.

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  • Health

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.

The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a human threat.

October 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Arts & Life

Young women are challenging the stigma of sex and love addiction support groups

On social media, young women are increasingly open about attending 12-step sex and love addiction programs. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous reports 1,200 meetings in more than 50 countries.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
A shortages of IV fluids has led to postponed and canceled surgeries at hospitals across the country.

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  • Health

Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries

IV fluids used in hospitals remain in short supply, after Hurricane Helene shut down a key North Carolina factory. The closure has hospitals scrambling to stretch supplies and prioritize care.

October 30, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient

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  • Health

Public health officials return to Walton High School to read TB test results

About 300 students at Walton High School in Cobb County who may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) underwent skin tests on Tuesday.

October 30, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Daisy is a former crisis counselor at the local 988 call center in Bloomington, Ill. She holds a paper in front of her face listing emotions she felt when taking abusive calls while working there. She covers her face to maintain anonymity because she doesn’t want her personal or professional networks to know about the abuse. Daisy is the name she used with callers during her work shifts.

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  • Health

988 crisis hotline counselors are sometimes targeted by sexually abusive callers

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now operational nationwide. Some of the phone counselors say they need help dealing with abusive callers who keep them on the line and sexually harass them.

October 30, 2024
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  • Melissa Ellin
Mycoplasma pneumonia causes upper respiratory symptoms, including a lingering cough. It can also cause red eyes or rashes.

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  • Health

Walking pneumonia is spiking, especially in kids. Here's what to know

If you or your kid has a cough that's been lingering, it could be a case of mycoplasma pneumonia. Cases are rising across the U.S. The good news — it's usually mild and easily treated. Here's how.

October 30, 2024
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  • Maria Godoy

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  • Politics

Faced with obstacles to abortion, military women have built their own support system

Abortion access has long been difficult for women in the military, but the end of Roe v. Wade has made it even tougher. Some 40% now serve in states with abortion bans or expanded restrictions.

October 30, 2024
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  • Steve Walsh
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds up a 15-week abortion ban law after signing it on April 14, 2022, in Kissimmee, Fla.

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  • Politics

Judge continues to block Florida from threatening TV stations over abortion ads

The order extends a previous one that bars Florida's surgeon general from coercing or intimidating broadcasters that run commercials for an abortion rights amendment.

October 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Screenshot of the new Georgia Access health care portal home page

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  • News

State to roll out Georgia Access health insurance exchange

Starting Nov. 1, a new state-based exchange will replace healthcare.gov as Georgia becomes the 20th state to trade in the federal exchange for a state-specific model.

October 29, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
This former NPR intern shows off our DIY mosquito costume.

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  • Global Health

This DIY Halloween costume turns you into the world's scariest animal

Here's a costume that won't take a lot of fuss — and will earn you the title "world's scariest animal" this Halloween.

October 29, 2024
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  • Susan Brink
Supporters rally outside the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, following a hearing on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. A separate lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in North Dakota, challenges a rule allowing DACA recipients to enroll in Affordable Care Act plans this year.

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  • Health

'Dreamers' can get Obamacare this year, unless a court case stops them

A Biden administration rule allows people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in ACA health plans and qualify for subsidies. Nineteen states are seeking to block the rule.

October 29, 2024
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  • Julie Appleby
Ivana Likbiri, an 18-month-old Lebanese baby who got injured during an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, is hospitalized at Geitaoui Hospital's burn unit, in Beirut, on Oct. 18.

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  • Middle East

Lebanon's only burn unit sees a surge of patients as Israel strikes the country

Geitaoui Hospital has Lebanon's only unit specializing in burn treatment. Since Israel launched an air and ground invasion of the country to fight Hezbollah, burn cases have mounted.

October 29, 2024
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