Fog harvesting has long been a method of collecting water around the world. As climate change makes water harder and harder to find, technology is making it easier to pull …
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Scientists have shown how pregnancy hormones alter a brain circuit in mice. The finding helps explain how hormones induce maternal behavior in a range of mammals. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: There …
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Health care staffing and burnout are helping drive strikes, Kaiser union leader says : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Caroline Lucas, the executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, about how more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have begun a three-day strike. …
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A 'dream' come true: Now there are 2 vaccines to slash the frightful toll of malaria
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Tedros, says he used to “dream of the day when we would have a … vaccine against malaria. Now, we have …
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Two scientists win Nobel Prize for research that led to COVID-19 vaccines : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTwo scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine played a crucial role in the development of the COVID-19 vaccines. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Two scientists whose research played a …
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It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNew Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country’s highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have …
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A 'modern masterpiece' paints pandemic chaos on cloth made of fig-tree bark
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKenyan-British artist Michael Armitage painted Curfew after a violent flare-up in Mombasa, Kenya, during the early days of the pandemic. One art critic calls it a “modern masterpiece.” (Image credit: …
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What's behind the debate to re-authorize PEPFAR, the widely hailed anti-HIV effort?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe program launched by President George W. Bush is credited with saving 25 million lives. Some in Congress want this year’s reauthorization tied to language that PEPFAR will not “promote …
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Tuskegee Veterans Affairs hospital, the first to treat Black veterans, turns 100
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMarking the centennial of the first Veterans Affairs hospital established to treat Black veterans, who protested after being denied equitable health care upon returning from WWI.
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A new study shows how certain genes can cause brain disorders like autism
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesScientists have used brain organoids to show one way that genes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder disrupt brain development.