Like many miners with advanced black lung disease, Tim Balthis looks healthy, sitting with his wife Fran Balthis on their porch in Pound, Va. But a scan of his lungs …
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Izzy Kadrmas, a medical assistant at Partnership Health Center’s Watershed Clinic in Missoula, Montana, prepares to take Tywon Pugh’s blood for testing. Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption …
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In mid-coast Maine a grassroots coalition is fighting to prevent the proposed closure of Miles Hospital’s labor and delivery center.
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A drone, just returned from a delivery, swings into the landing mechanism in Muhanga, Rwanda. The country’s government has contracted with American robotics company Zipline to deliver emergency blood through …
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2 people in Mich. have died after becoming ill with cyclosporiasis : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by food or water contaminated with the parasite Cyclospora. wildpixel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption wildpixel/Getty Images Two people have died as part of …
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Infertility doctor secretly fathered dozens of children: how strangers became family. Part 3 : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDozens of people who grew up around Philadelphia learned decades later they shared the same biological father, a pioneering infertility doctor. Transcript AILSA CHANG, HOST: Last week, we began telling …
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The height of the AIDS epidemic hit Cambodia in the late 90s. More than 180,000 people were infected. A full-on government effort to find at-risk populations and distribute medication has …
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The popular and experimental drugs called peptides received unprecedented attention last month during a marathon hearing held by a panel that advises the Food and Drug Administration. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty …
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Cyclosporiasis is a parasitic illness caused by eating or drinking contaminated food or water. wildpixel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption wildpixel/Getty Images This summer, tiny Cyclospora parasites have wreaked havoc …
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Why’s the rate of premature birth so high in this community? : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBaby Ladoo’s grandmother, Hanifa, rocks the hammock where the 5-month-old stirs. His mother Mariam, 17, says her son was born prematurely at around seven months gestation. She couldn’t afford follow-up …