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This image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in July 2024 shows a label for Boar's Head liverwurst. The company recalled 7 million pounds of deli meats on July 30, 2024, expanding an initial recall earlier in July after a liverwurst sample collected in Maryland tested positive for listeria.

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9 people have died in connection to the listeria outbreak among Boar's Head products

The Boar's Head recall was first issued in July and linked to a ready-to-eat liverwurst product. The recall has since expanded to products including sliced ham varieties, sausages and loaves.

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Many women experience pain with the insertion of an IUD or intrauterine device used for birth control. Doctors can do more to manage that pain, according to new recommendations from the CDC.

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  • Health

IUD insertions can hurt. The CDC advises doctors to do more to reduce the pain

Women have been complaining that doctors don't warn them how much an IUD insertion can hurt — or offer pain relief. Now the CDC is recommending that doctors do more to help.

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Boden
Justice, center, points to a number on the board game in front of her.

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  • Children's Health

Georgia Tech’s 3D printer helps a Georgia girl breathe on her own

A team of Georgia Tech engineers developed a custom 3-D printed splint to support a newborn's airway, like an internal cast that dissolves as the trachea strengthens. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of only five hospitals in the nation offering this surgery.

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A child receives care against head lice.

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  • Health

Were you sent home from school for head lice? Here’s why that’s no longer recommended

Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says kids can stay in school. A pediatrician explains why that makes sense.

August 28, 2024
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By:
  • Adam Bearne and
  • A Martínez
Person donating blood. (Pexels)

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  • Health

Red Cross announces national blood shortage, seeks donors in aftermath of Hurricane Debby

The American Red Cross encourages communities to stay ready and donate blood or blood platelets if they can during September's National Preparedness Month. The organization is experiencing a national blood emergency following Hurricane Debby and other severe weather events. 

August 28, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
Today’s teens struggle with big feelings — and their parents struggle to have hard conversations with them, according to a recent Gallup poll. Teen psychologist Lisa Damour explains how parents can better support their kids as a new school year begins.

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  • Family

A new poll reveals the worries of Gen Z kids — and how parents can support them

A recent Gallup poll offers parents fresh insights into the emotional landscape of Gen Z youth, just in time for the new school year and all the changes it may bring.

August 27, 2024
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By:
  • Andee Tagle
watermelon pickers

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  • Economy

Georgia judge rules in favor of states against new labor rule for farmworker protections

The judge’s preliminary injunction means farms in Georgia and other suing states won’t have to follow the new rule, for now.

 

August 27, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A new Australian law protects workers who don't respond to work-related messages outside of their working hours, with some exceptions.

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  • Business

Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours

Australia is the latest country to protect workers who ignore work calls and messages after hours, under certain circumstances. The "right to disconnect" hasn't caught on in the U.S. just yet.

August 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Interference by insurers is driving mental health care providers to flee networks. It makes treatment hard to find. Some states are passing laws to protect patients.

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  • Health

Insurers can restrict mental health care. What laws protect patients in your state?

It can be really hard to get mental health care in the U.S. Even if you find a therapist in network, your insurer can refuse to cover the prescribed treatment. Here are the laws protecting patients.

August 27, 2024
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By:
  • Annie Waldman and
  • Maya Miller
More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a kidney transplant.

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  • Health

There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated?

More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a kidney transplant. But a kidney shortage means many die on the waitlist or become too sick for a transplant. A new plan would compensate donors.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Stephanie O'Neill
Medical professionals and students take part in a protest rally against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata on Aug. 21. India's Supreme Court on Aug. 20 ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for healthcare workers after the "horrific" rape and murder of a doctor sparked medical strikes and furious protests.

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  • Global Health

The rape and murder of a female doctor in India sets off an outcry over women's safety

The young woman was raped and murdered while on break from a 36-hour hospital shift. Women who work in health care — and other fields — are calling for changes to protect them from sexual violence.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
Anti-abortion protesters stand outside of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. Wisconsin reverted to an 1800s abortion ban when <em>Roe </em>was overturned. The courts have since reinstated some abortion access in Wisconsin.

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  • Health

Insurance refused to pay for her abortion, even when her life was at stake

Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. And the proliferation of abortion bans in various states has exacerbated the confusion.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
An image of a brain and clocks

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  • Health

Chronically lonely people may be at higher risk of stroke and dementia

The Georgia Department of Public Health expects 190,000 Georgians will be diagnosed with dementia in the next 10 years.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo.

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  • Health

A Massachusetts town closes its parks to stop a mosquito-borne disease from spreading

The town is closing its parks from dusk to dawn as it tries to contain the disease. It has also been detected in nearby counties in Massachusetts.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Top row, from left: Marsinah Ramirez Buchan, Philip Bender, Elizabeth Fisher. Bottom row, from left: Rosanne Marmor, Kendra F. Dunlap, and Carter J. Carter.

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  • Health

Finding a therapist who takes your insurance can be nearly impossible. Here's why

Getting mental health care covered by insurance can be really tough. Reporters spoke to hundreds of therapists who left their insurance networks to find out why.

August 25, 2024
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  • Annie Waldman,
  • Maya Miller,
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