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How to find local climate-health stories
Climate change coverage has been dominated by negative content that highlights the scale of the crisis, the stubbornness of fossil fuel use or the failure of international negotiations. But the past decade has brought meaningful wins: cities running on renewable energy for days at a time, flood-prone neighborhoods protected by restored wetlands, farmers slashing methane…
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How AI-based algorithms are changing health care: 3 story angles to consider
Nearly five years ago, Emory University radiologist Judy Gichoya, M.D., spotted a call for research papers on health disparities. She and her colleagues set out to train a machine learning algorithm using a diverse set of medical images to show that using more inclusive data could lead to more precise results for everyone — and…
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Report: U.S. spends the most on health but outcomes are among the worst
In this election year, a new report shows it’s well beyond time for journalists and voters to hold politicians accountable for the poor quality of America’s health care system. Here’s why: Among 10 high-income nations, the United States spends the most on health care and, for that money, gets the worst health outcomes. Also, Americans…
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In large study, a single antibiotic dose slashed rate of sepsis in childbirth
In large study, a single antibiotic dose slashed rate of sepsis in childbirth An inexpensive and easy-to-deliver intervention — a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin — could sharply reduce the number of pregnant people in low- and middle-income countries who develop the life-threatening condition sepsis in childbirth, a study published Thursday reported. The results…
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‘They were his best shot. And they failed to help’: Why did EMS workers neglect Tyre Nichols?
‘They were his best shot. And they failed to help’: Why did EMS workers neglect Tyre Nichols? By the time medics arrived, Tyre Nichols was sitting on the ground, handcuffed and propped against a police car. The 29-year-old’s face was bloody and he was groaning in pain. On Jan. 7, after pulling Nichols over for…
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