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Heather Williams, center, at the Georgia State Capitol, with Rep. Lupton and other staff from assault centers in February 2024.

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  • Health

Georgia funds longtime effort to expand forensic exams for survivors of assault and violence

Seven centers in Gainesville, Vidalia, Marietta and other locations will receive funding through next year to help pay for exams in cases of non-fatal strangulation.  

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. MIdwives play a critical role in addressing the country's high rate of maternal mortality.

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  • Global Health

Why midwives are worried

In Chad, they're a key force in addressing the country's high rate of maternal mortality. But U.S. aid cuts have affected their salaries.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Tim Friede, pictured here with a water cobra, exposed himself to snake venom over decades. Scientists say they have now made a broadly effective antivenom with the help of his antibodies.

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  • Global Health

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
The Environmental Protection Agency's science wing, the Office of Research and Development, faces major changes under the Trump administration. The office does research to understand how environmental contaminants affect human health. Its work feeds into regulations like the Clean Air Act.

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  • Climate

The Trump administration says it will cut EPA staffing to Reagan-era levels

EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall number of employees.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Ed Martin, now the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks at a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2023.

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  • Health

Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department

The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health investigates possible dangerous situations and substances found in the workplace.

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  • Health

Trump cuts demolish agency focused on toxic chemicals and workplace hazards

The Trump administration has decimated an agency responsible for carrying out much of the research and prevention efforts to curb exposure to dangerous substances and situations in the workplace.

May 02, 2025
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  • Will Stone
Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died at 116.

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  • World

The world's oldest person, a 116-year-old Brazilian nun, has died

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun born in 1908, is remembered as compassionate and dedicated to her faith.

May 02, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 10.

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  • Politics

House budget bill should preserve Medicaid's 'original purpose,' says Rep. Jeff Hurd

Medicaid cuts loom over House Republicans' budget reconciliation. Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo. says the "right reforms," like work requirements and stopping "improper" spending, could save money.

May 02, 2025
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Obed Manuel
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called gender-affirming care for children "barbaric" at a press conference on Thursday. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt looks on.

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  • Health

Health care for transgender children questioned in 400-page Trump administration report

President Trump called for the report in an executive order, titled "Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation."

May 02, 2025
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A new requirement for vaccine studies could delay the availability of new vaccines.

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  • Health

RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines

The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could complicate and delay Food and Drug Administration approval of many vaccines.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks at the March for Life held outside the state Capitol on March 6, 2025.

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  • Politics

Kemp signs in vitro fertilization bill and others at Savannah convention center

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children, many states, including Georgia, moved to protect IVF.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A man in the driver's seat of a car wearing a black jacket and looking out of the open car door

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  • Health

Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training certification now requires training on dementia

The Georgia Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with state law enforcement on a new mandatory curriculum for Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) certification.

May 01, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
The U.S. Department of Education is telling impacted districts that the Biden administration, in awarding the grants, violated "the letter or purpose of Federal civil rights law."

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  • Education

Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
A bill that would ban fluoride from Florida's public drinking water is heading to the governor's desk.

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  • Health

Florida moves to ban fluoride from public drinking water

If the bill is signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida would be the second state, after Utah, to ban the additive from its drinking water sources.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
A survey of older Americans found that 79% would want to know if they were in the early stages of Alzheimer's, and 92% said that if diagnosed, they would probably or definitely want to take a drug that could slow down the progression. The results may indicate a recent shift in openness toward testing and treatment.

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  • Science

More and more older Americans want to know their Alzheimer's status, survey finds

A survey of 1,700 Americans 45 and older found that 79% would want to know if they were in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

April 30, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
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