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A Georgia inmate died from heat exposure. Left with questions, his family is suing the state

According to the complaint, prison staff were warned that morning about the heat and told not to leave inmates outside too long, or without water.

July 26, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Bristeria Clark (center) at the graduation ceremony for Morehouse School of Medicine's first class of rural doulas, called perinatal patient navigators. Clark, who's also a nurse and county employee, wants other women to have more support than she did while navigating pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care.

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  • Health

Maternity care in rural areas is in crisis. Can more doulas help?

A Georgia medical school has begun training and deploying doulas in rural areas of the state, with the goal of decreasing the risk of childbirth complications, especially for Black women.

July 26, 2024
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By:
  • Jess Mador
Abortion-rights protesters regroup and protest following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022.

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  • Health

Georgia hosts federal subcommittee on abortion access as issue remains of top concern for voters

It’s one of a series of hearings under the federal Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, chaired in part by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff.

July 25, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Sara Miliji, 12, from the border village of Naqoura, participates in an art class at a renovated movie theatre in the city of Tyre. Sara's family fled when their village was bombed. They now live along with hundreds of other families in a schoolroom turned into a shelter.<br>

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  • Global Health

Art is a comfort for these displaced Lebanese kids

Displaced by current airstrikes and past conflicts, children board a brightly painted bus to attend art classes that aim to make them feel like kids again — and give them a way to express their pain.

July 25, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Judith Dambowic, a multiple myeloma patient, on her porch in Oakland, CA, right before shaving her head in preparation for a stem cell transplant in May. Dambowic wanted California to pass a law regulating Medigap insurance policies. The reform, which ultimately failed, would have made it easier for her to switch her coverage from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare. <br>

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  • Health

California tries but fails to fix a major Medicare loophole for seniors

Seniors choosing Medicare Advantage plans for the first time often don't realize they might get locked out of traditional Medicare for good. But changing this problem must be done state by state.


July 25, 2024
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  • Kate Wolffe

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  • Health

Rogue ACA insurance agents could face criminal charges under a proposed law

Consumers, without their consent, are being enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans or their coverage is switched. A powerful U.S. senator has introduced legislation to curb the growing problem.

July 25, 2024
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  • Julie Appleby
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  • Health

Torrid market for copycat weight loss drugs could be short-lived

Cheaper versions of Wegovy and Zepbound touted on social media could be fleeting. Copies are legal now because the brand-name drugs are in short supply. But the drugmakers are boosting production.

July 24, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A pharmacist holds a vial of lenacapavir, the HIV prevention injectable drug that was shown to be 100% effective in newly published clinical trial data.

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  • Global Health

New HIV preventive strategy sparks excitement -- and protests -- at AIDS conference

The final results of a trial for a new HIV preventive strategy are out today. Experts express enthusiasm. But activists at the 2024 AIDS conference in Munich are protesting the likely cost.

July 24, 2024
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  • Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
Chickens stand in their cages at a farm in 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. Millions of chickens have been culled in Iowa, Colorado and other states since 2022 in response to the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

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  • Health

With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks

A recent crop of human cases at a chicken farm highlight the risks of the ongoing outbreak. Here's what scientists fear could happen next in the evolution of the virus.

July 24, 2024
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  • Will Stone
The large study looked at 11- and 12-year-old children, and 72% of them have their own cell phone.

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  • Health

Tweens, screens and sleep: How parents can help kids get their zzzzz's

A large new study confirms what parents probably already suspect: Phones can keep tweens from getting a good night's sleep.

July 24, 2024
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  • Maria Godoy
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  • Health

Opioid settlement from Kroger is set to bring millions to Georgia. But like others, it'll take time

Some Georgia counties are being invited to get their share of Kroger’s $1.2 billion, multi-district settlement over the franchises participation in the opioid addiction crisis.

July 23, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A nurse takes care of a dengue fever patient at the Sergio Bernales National Hospital in the outskirts of Lima on April 17. The number of suspected cases in Peru so far this year is over 100,000.

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  • Global Health

Dengue fever is — unfortunately — having a banner year. Can it be quelled?

Case counts are skyrocketing in countries like Brazil and Peru and the virus is popping up in new turf, from Florida to Iran. What's the cause? And what's the solution?

July 23, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Langlois
People walk out of a Rite Aid pharmacy

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  • Health

Cybersecurity expert shares tips to protect private health data after major pharmacy is hacked

Communications giant AT&T and Rite Aid pharmacy are just two targets of recent security breaches that have compromised user data.

July 23, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
It took Jacqueline Vakil seven weeks to find an alternative asthma medication for her 4-year-old son James.

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  • Children's Health

A discontinued asthma medication has patients scrambling, some to the ER

Drugmaker GSK stopped making asthma inhaler Flovent earlier this year. That’s left patients struggling to find other medication their insurance will cover.Children have been hit especially hard.

July 22, 2024
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  • Alan Yu
A woman opens a set of double doors

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  • Health

Hiding indoors from the heat? Here's what to know about air quality

Experts say the indoor concentration of air pollutants is on the rise because of home chemicals but also inadequate ventilation as well as higher temperatures and humidity outdoors.

July 22, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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