Roberta Rabinovitz, right, had cancer and had been living with her grandson, sleeping on his couch. With her is Rachel Nassif, day center director at the PACE Organization of Rhode …
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Children in a mental health crisis can spend days in the ER waiting for treatment : Shots
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe study looked at records for more than 250,000 emergency department visits by children who are on Medicaid. Cemile Bingol/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Cemile Bingol/Getty Images Children who …
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A nine-day-old human embryo seen through a microscope. Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) hide caption toggle caption Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) For the first time, scientists have …
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A federal appeals court rules the Trump administration can withhold $4 billion approved by Congress for global health programs and more than $6 billion for HIV and AIDS prevention. Ben …
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A patient with mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — the global epicenter of the mpox outbreak. Glody Murhabazi/AFP via Getty …
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How many steps lead to better health? It may not be 10,000 : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThere’s a growing consensus among researchers on how many daily steps are needed to improve health. Marco VDM/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marco VDM/iStockphoto/Getty Images From pricey wearable devices …
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Percentage of Americans who say they drink alcohol hits new low, Gallup poll finds
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA new Gallup poll finds that Americans say they are drinking less. NPR takes look at what’s driving this trend and which groups are consuming less alcohol.
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Americans alcohol consumption reaches record low, Gallup says : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMixed drinks are displayed at a bar in Baltimore, Feb. 8, 2023. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP The percentage of Americans who say they drink has fallen …
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Trump's move to end TPS rattles health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for people from a number of countries has rattled health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly.
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On July 13, 1985, Live Aid held benefit concerts in London and Philadelphia that raised well over $100 million to address the famine in Ethiopia — and the U.S. created …