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Transplant team finally succeeds in using controversial new organ recovery strategy

6:14pm July 08, 2024

by Rob Stein

Many transplant programs are using a controversial procedure called normothermic regional perfusion to obtain organs from donors. After a donor is declared dead, circulation is restarted with a pump.

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Non-alcoholic adult beverages should have an age limit too, some researchers say

4:47pm July 08, 2024

by Pien Huang

Should non-alcoholic beverages that look or taste like beer and liquor be only for adults? Stanford researchers call for age limits on NA adult beverages, likening them to candy cigarettes.

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Debate flares over how quickly to replace many lead service lines

8:01am July 08, 2024

by Sandy West

The EPA is trying to crack down on lead pipes that bring water into homes. But a looming deadline — and the election — will determine if it follows a Biden plan to replace pipes or a Trump plan.

A mother and child await a session at an autism center.

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NC enacts plan to address critical shortage of support workers for people with disabilities

6:00am July 08, 2024

by Neal Charnoff

The state is ramping up efforts to recruit and retain direct support professionals, who provide in-home and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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A Florida activist is installing 'period pantries' for menstrual products

4:05pm July 07, 2024

by Stephanie Colombini

An activist is installing "period pantries" around Tampa so people in need can get free pads or tampons. This comes as Gov. DeSantis vetoed a budget item making menstrual products free in schools.

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California tried to fix a major Medicare loophole for seniors

3:35pm July 06, 2024

by Kate Wolffe

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.

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In Philadelphia, a run club helps those recovering from addiction find purpose

3:35pm July 06, 2024

by Buffy Gorrilla

Kellen Matthews-Thompson says in early addiction recovery, you need to “change people, places and things." His Recovery Run Club is designed to help people when they are at their most vulnerable.

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These bigger-than-life portraits turn gun death statistics into indelible stories

11:09am July 06, 2024

by Christine Spolar

A volunteer curator in Philadelphia puts on art exhibits to raise awareness of lives lost to gun violence.

Skateboarders, weavers, kite makers: A Smithsonian party for 'Indigenous voices'

7:42am July 06, 2024

This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.

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Why are IUDs still such a mystery to women? Look at funding, doctors and politics

10:05pm July 05, 2024

IUDs are a safe and reliable form of birth control, but many people struggle to get simple answers about the device. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Mia Armstrong-Lopez, who wrote about this for Slate.

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