Health & Safety

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Polio virus detected in Gaza wastewater raises public health concerns

8:08pm July 26, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

The territory hasn't had any polio cases for 25 years but this suggests the virus is spreading. Polio experts are scrambling to figure out the origins and whether or not there are active cases.

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Boar's Head recalls 200,000 pounds of deli meat linked to a Listeria outbreak

5:35pm July 26, 2024

by Lola Murti

The Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement Friday. There are 34 cases of Listeria from deli meat across 13 states, including two people who died of Thursday, according to the CDC.

Why Sudan is being called a 'humanitarian desert'

12:53pm July 26, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

An emergency coordinator from Doctors Without Borders has seen crises around the world but says she's never seen anything like this. A new report from the aid group underscores her assessment.

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Forsyth County funds program to provide free breast and cervical cancer screenings

11:55am July 26, 2024

by April Laissle

The county is funding mammograms, chest X-rays, and other diagnostic services for 120 low-income women.

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

5:00am July 26, 2024

by Jess Mador

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.

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COVID is having a summer wave. Here's what it means for older people

10:25pm July 25, 2024

by Maria Godoy

What's with the uptick in COVID cases? There's a pattern that's been repeated each year since COVID started -- a late summer wave. Older people and those who are immuno-compromised should be careful.

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A neurological disease stole Rep. Jennifer Wexton's voice. AI helped her get it back.

10:25pm July 25, 2024

Wexton spoke on the House floor Wednesday using an "augmentative and alternative communication" program.

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Cats are lined up at a mobile spay and neuter clinic run by the animal welfare group Poi Dogs and Popoki in Haleiwa, Hawaii on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Conservationists are concerned about the number of feral cats roaming Hawaii because cat feces washing into the ocean can spread toxoplasmosis, which can be deadly for endangered Hawaiian monk seals. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

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Forsyth Animal Shelter partners with nonprofit to spay and neuter local pets

4:08pm July 25, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

The shelter will work with the Humane Solution Spay-Neuter program to up the number of fixed pets in the area. The two organizations will be neighbors now that Humane Solution has moved into the shelter’s unused surgical suite and offices.

LBN: Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by f

Art is a comfort for these displaced Lebanese kids

11:39am July 25, 2024

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.

Tested: Running in Circles

10:24am July 25, 2024

by Rose Eveleth

Episode 4: In 2009, South African sprinter Caster Semenya won gold at the World Championships. But instead of a celebration, she endured endless speculation about her body, her biology, and her gender. And soon, sports organizations would launch a new round of regulations, lead to multiple court cases, and require sporting organizations to justify their claim that DSD athletes have an unfair advantage.

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