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FDA faces pressure to act nationwide on red dye in food
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — There’s new pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to take action on the synthetic red dye after California passed a law to ban it last week…. Read More
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A new study highlights the systemic barriers to cancer treatment for women
By: Ali Rogin | Kaisha Young | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer has been one of the top two leading causes of death in the United States for 75 years…. Read More
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Why medication to treat alcohol-use disorder is ‘vastly underutilized’
By: Ali Rogan | Andrew Corkery | Claire Mufson | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Nearly 30 million Americans struggle with alcohol-use disorder. Medication used to treat alcohol-use disorder have been on the market for decades, but is rarely prescribed. Dr. Sarah… Read More
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With the new COVID vaccine available in Ohio, health leaders encourage people to get the shot
By: Bill Rinehart | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — The director of Ohio’s Health Department says the new COVID vaccine is out and should be readily available across the state. Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says COVID is… Read More
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This scientific dynamic duo aims to stop the next pandemic before it starts
By: Ari Daniel | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the summer of 2014, a passenger landed with a fever at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria — a city of more than 20 million. At that… Read More
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Free COVID tests by mail are back, starting Monday
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Biden administration is bringing COVID tests back to mailboxes. Starting Monday, September 25, the federal government will send up to four free COVID-19 rapid tests per… Read More
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These habits can cut the risk of depression in half, a new study finds
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, here’s a strategy that may help boost your mental health: Spend the next week observing your… Read More
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Ohio town searches for answers months after toxic train derailment
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In February, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the Ohio village of East Palestine, leading officials to burn the toxic freight to avoid… Read More
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Rural nursing home operators say new staff rules would cause more closures
By: Tony Leys | NPR
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SYRACUSE, Neb. (NPR) — Many rural communities like this one face a health care dilemma: Is it better to have a nursing home that struggles to hire workers or no… Read More
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Communities across Appalachia band together for the first-ever 13-state Narcan distribution event
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An effort to destigmatize the use of Narcan that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded to all thirteen states in Appalachia this… Read More
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New COVID vaccines get FDA approval
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Food and Drug Administration approved a new round of vaccines against COVID-19. The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for… Read More
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Scarfing down your food? Here’s how to slow down and practice mindful eating
By: Marielle Segarra | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — You ever eat so fast that you get hiccups from just like inhaling the meal? Or you bite your cheek or tongue because you mistook it for… Read More
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A broad genetic test saved one newborn’s life. Research suggests it could help millions of others
By: Laura Ungar | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Brynn Schulte nearly died twice when she was a baby, at one point needing emergency surgery for massive bleeding in her brain. No one knew what was… Read More
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Why sunscreen in the United States is behind the rest of the world
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, everyone older than six months should use sunscreen every day to decrease the risk of skin cancer. But today’s… Read More
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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA
By: Sydney Lupkin | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first RSV vaccine for expectant mothers aimed at protecting their newborn babies. Given during the third trimester of pregnancy,… Read More
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DeWine names a leader for the OneOhio Recovery Foundation
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) has named the first-ever leader for the OneOhio Recovery Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization that will oversee prevention and recovery… Read More
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A male mosquito’s hairy ears tune into mates. New research suggests we can stop that
By: Max Barnhart | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Bzzzz… Do you hear that? That’s the sound of a mosquito nearby, its wings fluttering rapidly, generating the sound waves that reach your ears and send signals… Read More
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COVID rates in Ohio are increasing, but health professionals aren’t sounding an alarm
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations are on the rise in Ohio, but Ohio’s top health officials said they’re not alarmed. During the past three… Read More
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Poor air quality indoors can make you sick. Here’s how to keep your home’s air clean
By: Ari Daniel | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — This summer, with wildfire smoke suffocating swaths of North America, we’ve been warned to stay indoors to avoid poor quality air. But there are things inside your… Read More
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Why doctors pay millions in fees that could be spent on care
By: Cezary Podkul | Pro Publica
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Imagine if each time your wages were deposited in your bank account, your employer deducted a fee of 1.5% to 5% to provide the money electronically. That,… Read More
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Call it ‘stealth mental health’ — some care for elders helps more without the label
By: Ashley Milne-Tyte | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The pandemic drew a lot of attention to young people’s mental health. But older people have suffered, too. Many elders are struggling with loneliness, anxiety, or substance… Read More
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Getting clear prices for hospital care could get easier under a proposed rule
By: Julie Appleby | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — “How much is the ice cream?” A simple enough question, featured on a new TV and online advertisement, posed by a man who just wants something cold…. Read More
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A new clue to the reason some people come down with long COVID
By: Max Barnhart | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Stéphanie Longet is an immunologist and a COVID researcher at the University of Saint-Etienne in France, and just like 10-20% of adults who were infected with the… Read More
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Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Imagine if during a deadly public health crisis, 80% of Americans weren’t able to get safe, effective medications proven to help people recover. A study published Monday… Read More
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What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier
By: Yuki Noguchi | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — I was born and raised in the American Midwest, but love visiting my parents’ homeland in Japan. Central to every trip there is always the food:… Read More
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