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  • From Dry January to Fake Cocktails, Inside the New Temperance Movement

    Jason Wilson

    July 25, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Lately, the notion of being alcohol-free or participating in movements like “dry January” has picked up speed, especially as young people become more aware of the adverse effects of excessive drinking. Bars and companies like Boisson — a dry drinks and mixology shop — sell various alternatives to alcohol ranging from dry wines and beers to spirits made with CBD.

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  • Can We Build Less Biased Medical Bots?

    Tolu Olasoji

    April 11, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Melalogic is an app that provides skin health resources to people with dark skin. The uses crowdsourced imaging data to confront racial bias in diagnostic artificial intelligence. Users can access the Black Skin Resource Center with information on 14 issues that affect people with darker skin. The app also shares health posters that physicians use to share information with their patients and videos with dermatologic tips. In the works is Melalogic 2.0, an immersive telehealth experience.

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  • Strengthening Surveillance and Vaccine Uptake to Curb the Transmission of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Kano State

    Bashar Abubakar

    January 17, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Outbreak Response teams travel from house to house in Kano, Nigeria, making sure children are vaccinated against wild poliovirus to prevent its spread.

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  • Making the world a quieter place

    Anisa Subedar

    April 14, 2020 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Noise pollution can have negative impacts on health, but researchers in different parts of the world are working on projects that all aim to address this concern. Some solutions – such as concrete structures surrounding railway tracks – have been in use for quite some time, but now newer projects from the United Kingdom to Mumbai aim to use similar design thinking for both short-term and consistent noise events.

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