Health & Safety

Medical marijuana advances again at North Carolina Senate

5:31pm February 21, 2023

Marijuana legalization in North Carolina for medical purposes is advancing again within the state Senate, less than a year after a very similar measure setting a structure for its sale and consumption passed the chamber by a wide margin.

Reframing Your Commute

4:48pm February 21, 2023

by Paddy Hirsch

What your commute can do for you

An ER doc reflects on life, death and uncertainty in the early days of COVID-19

2:21pm February 21, 2023

by Dave Davies

Dr. Farzon Nahvi spent the first few months of the pandemic as an emergency room physician in Manhattan. He talks about trying to improvise treatments during that time. His new book is Code Gray.

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A woman tends to lentil soup at a municipal soup kitchen in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the first day after the quake, the kitchen's director says they distributed soup to more than 200,000 people.

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Lentil soup comes to the rescue in quake-ravaged Turkey

2:02pm February 21, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

It's a supersoup during this humanitarian crisis. Easy to make, it warms the displaced, fuels rescue crews and comforts residents traumatized by the disaster.

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This photo, provided by Reckitt and the FDA, shows the type of plant-based infant formula being recalled over possible bacteria contamination.

The maker of Enfamil recalls 145,000 cans of infant formula over bacteria risks

8:49am February 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Reckitt says despite contamination fears, the recalled formula tested negative for Cronobacter, which can cause rare but deadly infections in infants. Here's how to identify and prevent them.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent searches an automobile for contraband in the line to enter the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in October 2019 in San Ysidro, Calif.

Politicians say they'll stop fentanyl smugglers. Experts say new drug war won't work

7:56am February 21, 2023

by Brian Mann

As fentanyl deaths soar, political pressure is growing to stop Mexican cartels that smuggle the drug. Experts on drug trafficking say trying to lock down the Mexican border is an impossible goal.

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To be a happier worker, exercise your social muscle

5:00am February 21, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

The pandemic spotlighted the connection between work and well-being. A way to boost happiness at work is stronger connections with colleagues. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Feb. 18, 2023.)

Jimmy Dee Stout outside his brother's home in Round Rock, Texas. Stout had served about half of his 15-year sentence for a drug conviction when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year.

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Frail people are left to die in prison as judges fail to act on a law to free them

5:00am February 21, 2023

by Fred Clasen-Kelly

Petitions for compassionate release soared in the pandemic, but federal judges denied most requests. This week officials will review guidelines aimed at freeing imprisoned people who pose no threat.

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Millions who get SNAP food assistance are about to see a reduction in their benefits

6:49pm February 20, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

Millions of Americans next month will see a decrease in federal food assistance. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits that were boosted during the pandemic are going away.

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Florida is one of a wave of states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth

5:39pm February 20, 2023

by Melissa Block

Florida is among a growing number of states to ban gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers or hormones, for transgender youth.