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Health & Safety
Utah is pushing back against ever-tightening EPA air pollution standards
The Biden administration is unveiling new, stricter pollution standards for American cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah, which have long struggled with chronically dirty air.
Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.
The Senate HELP committee questioned pharmaceutical CEOs about how much more Americans pay for the same drugs sold for less in Canada, Japan and Europe.
It's no surprise there's a global measles outbreak. But the numbers are 'staggering'
That's the adjective used by the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Immunization Division. Can the world bring this outbreak under control?
Sexual violence is an ancient and often unseen war crime. Is it inevitable?
"Conflict-related sexual violence" is as old as the Bible and as topical as current wars around the world. We talk to three experts about why it persists, why it's underreported and how to stop it.
Virginia lawmakers consider proposal to legalize physician-assisted death
In ten states and Washington D.C., some patients with terminal illnesses can request medication from their doctor to end their lives.
Virginia considers allowing doctors to help people with terminal illnesses to die
Virginia lawmakers are considering bills that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to patients with terminal illnesses who've been given a prognosis of six months or less to live.
Scientists rely on private funding to push long COVID research forward
Advocates say the federal government no longer views long COVID with urgency. Private donors are funding research, bringing an unprecedented level of collaboration. (Story aired on ATC on 2/6/24.)
A genetically modified purple tomato is now available to home gardeners
The plant gets its color — and a boost in antioxidants — from genes from an edible flower. It's the first time gardeners have been able to grow a GMO crop at home.
Long COVID research goes private
Advocates say the federal government is no longer viewing long COVID with the urgency it deserves. Private donors are now funding research bringing an unprecedented level of collaboration.