Vanuatu has become the first country in the Pacific to successfully eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the attainment on Aug. 12, attributing the success…
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain supported by artificial intelligence can yield the same results as programs delivered by therapists, a new study shows. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an…
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PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers,…
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The rapid spread of very strict abortion bans in some states are leaving health care workers in increasingly difficult positions as they try to care for patients, say three physicians.…
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“Rural women are twice as likely to die from pregnancy complications than women in large metropolitan areas, federal data shows,” Sarah Melotte reports for The Daily Yonder. The lack of pregnancy and childbirth…
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Tanzania has made significant progress in the fight against malaria over the last 20 years thanks to bed nets, insecticides, and a vaccine, but new trends in the weather in…
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If you are suffering with chronic pain, diabetes, heart problems or any other condition, you want to be confident that your doctor will offer you an effective treatment. You certainly…
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School shootings in the U.S. are national tragedies, and the toll they take in lives cut short and traumatized distinguishes the U.S. from other high-income countries. But there is another…
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New York City has been debating the merits of charging drivers a fee for entering its central business district for decades. Known as “congestion pricing,” it’s a strategy that major…
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Society is asking the private sector to play a larger role in advancing equity. For the second year in a row, respondents to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer ranked business as the…
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Several recent announcements have demonstrated how little has been learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential need for a national reckoning to assess shortfalls and develop recommendations for…