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COVID-19 antigen home tests show a positive result. Americans will be able to order four free COVID-19 tests at the end of September that will be delivered to their mailbox.

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  • Health

A new round of free COVID tests is coming soon

Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus.

August 24, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks at the Lincoln Theatre on June 21 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Health

Fauci is recovering at home after being hospitalized for West Nile virus

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, spent time in the hospital after being infected with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson said.

August 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Face masks can dampen the spread of contagious diseases.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: I'm a NOVID and don't want to catch COVID. Can you guide me?

Maybe you're COVID indifferent. Or a COVID amnesiac. Or a NOVID who wants to keep your no COVID streak going. With cases rising this summer, it's time for a refresher course on how to avoid the virus.

August 24, 2024
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  • Fran Kritz
Planned Parenthood hosted a mobile health clinic that provides vasectomies and medication abortion, at an "Into Action!" event in Chicago on Monday.

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  • Politics

From vasectomies to abortion pills, Planned Parenthood sets up mobile clinic near DNC

Just a few miles from the site of the Democratic National Convention, a mobile health clinic opened its doors for patients seeking reproductive health care including vasectomies and abortion pills.

August 23, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan competes during the men's javelin throw at the Olympics in Paris. He won gold, set an Olympic record — and reaped lots of prizes, including a buffalo from his father-in-law. It's all about the milk!

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  • Global Health

He won Olympic gold for Pakistan. He got $1 million. And ... a buffalo!?!

Arshad Nadeem hurled his javelin over 300 feet — an Olympic record that earned him Pakistan's first individual gold medal. His rewards include cash, a car — and a buffalo. Therein lies a story.

August 23, 2024
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  • Benazir Samad
A nose-spray version of the drug epinephrine will soon be an option for people with severe allergies to foods, insect bites or other triggers.

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  • Your Health

A needle-less alternative to EpiPen has FDA approval. Will doctors prescribe it?

A nose spray version of the drug epinephrine will soon hit the market, giving people having allergic reactions an alternative to needles. But some allergists are not in a hurry to prescribe it.

August 23, 2024
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  • Suz Redfearn
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  • Health

Houston County to offer monthly public health screenings at family resource space

A partnership between Houston County Schools and the county health department is bringing primary health care closer to where children, and their adults, spend time.

August 23, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
A Georgia couple filed a lawsuit against Emory University Hospital Midtown after they claimed hospital staff misplaced part of the husband's skull following his emergency brain surgery. The outside of the hospital is shown in this Google Maps image.

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  • National

Atlanta hospital is accused of losing part of patient's skull following brain surgery

Fernando Cluster underwent emergency surgery in September 2022 at Emory University Hospital Midtown to relieve bleeding in his brain, which required part of his skull to be removed.

August 22, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

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  • Health

What Georgians need to know about rising COVID cases, effective testing and treatment cost

How dangerous is the strain of COVID circulating in Georgia, who should get a vaccine booster and can you go to work or school with a virus?

August 22, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

FDA approves two updated COVID vaccines

The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to two updated COVID-19 vaccines to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.

August 22, 2024
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  • Rob Stein
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Not Joe Biden’s DNC: 6 takeaways so far. Plus, new COVID-19 vaccines on the way

Tim Walz stepped into the spotlight last night at the DNC giving the crowd a pep talk. Here are five other takeaways from the convention so far. And, new COVID-19 vaccines are on the way.

August 22, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
This March 11, 2015, photo shows the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. A new study says Nearly 60% of food products made for toddlers and babies did not meet nutrition standards set by the WHO.

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  • Children's Health

Nearly 60% of baby foods in the U.S. don't meet nutritional guidelines, study says

Hundreds of products failed to reach adequate recommendations for macronutrients like protein and calories, but exceeded the recommended sugar content.

August 22, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Dr. Roy Gerona contracts with the Drug Enforcement Administration and has been investigating a string of illnesses from mushroom gummies.

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  • Health

Mushroom edibles are making people sick. Scientists still don't know why

A wave of illnesses is bringing scrutiny to a murky marketplace of mushroom gummies and candy. But is a popular red-capped fungus really to blame? Testing shows there's more going on.

August 21, 2024
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  • Will Stone
Hawa Miso, 70, collects leaves to use as vegetables on the hillside near the Rabang camp for internally displaced persons in Rabang, in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Approximately 10 million Sudanese have been displaced by the civil war that broke out in 2023. A team of experts backed by the United Nations believes the country is experiencing famine. But the government does not agree.

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  • Global Health

Yes there is famine in Sudan. So why isn't 'famine' being declared?

A team of independent famine experts, working under the U.N. umbrella, believe Sudan is experiencing famine. But issuing a declaration — which could bring in more aid — turns out to be complicated.

August 21, 2024
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  • Fatma Tanis
Ed Whitehouse, a consultant for a local company called Interstate Health Systems, stands on a plot of land in rural Butts County, Georgia. The company envisions replacing acres of farmland and trees with a new hospital. A recent change to Georgia law is giving the project a path forward.

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  • News

Inside the political fight to build a rural Georgia hospital

Political drama involving a rural Georgia county reflects how state regulations that govern when and where hospitals can be built or expanded are evolving.

August 21, 2024
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  • Andy Miller and
  • Sam Whitehead
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