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  • Where a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence

    September 16, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    In poor countries, where strep throat is not diagnosed, a seemingly harmless bacteria eventually causes the immune system to attack the heart valves. In order to help, the humanitarian group Team Heart, sends 40 to 60 volunteers of cardiologists, heart surgeons, and nurses, to Rwanda every year. Together, they help around 16 people get a new heart valve, and a chance to live a longer life.

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  • How Victoria's unhealthiest town is turning back tide of chronic disease

    September 15, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    A grassroots community campaign called YCHANGe is fighting disease in a rural Australian town by promoting healthy eating. The group works to make healthy choices easier by changing the whole community's approach—rather than focusing on an individual. This rejection of personal blame and an embrace of big-picture solutions to unhealthy eating choices created a change in the community's mindset about health.

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  • Berlin's mayor tries to wean Germans off the water bottle

    September 14, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Although commonplace in many parts of the world, Berlin has recently adopted the practice of using water fountains to cut back on plastic bottle usage. Not everyone supports this environmental push, but the mayor is hopeful they will at least catch on with tourists who are accustomed to the invention already as well as act as a resource for refilling plastic bottles rather than throwing them away.

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  • In California, saving teeth and money—one mouth at a time

    September 14, 2018 |

    CalMatters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, the highest poverty rate also corresponds with an alarmingly high rate of tooth decay in children. Now, state officials are working to pilot changes to Denti-Cal, which is part of California's health program for low-income residents; so far, they've budgeted more than $200 million more for rate increases and recruited hundreds more dentists. Those changes and a focus on prevention are helping children get the dental care they need.

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  • One-stop health shop for Kenyan pastoralists

    September 13, 2018 |

    The East African |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya

    In order to reach a pastoralist community with health services, a mobile health clinic called the Kimormor has been deployed in northern Kenya. Treating both people and livestock, the Kimormor has provided family planning, antenatal care, and child health services to this community.

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  • Opioid-addicted students pose new challenges for colleges

    September 13, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    The opioid crisis has thrust colleges into a new role - recovery house. Compared to 2013, when only a couple dozen colleges had addiction recovery programs, today, there are close to 200. Of the students who enroll, one study found, only eight percent relapse. Although an increasing number of higher education institutions are rolling out similar programs, the stigma and cost of the approach remain significant barriers to more widespread adoption.

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  • Connecting your medical data could be the next big payoff

    September 12, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Worcester, Massachusetts

    As new Medicare requirements and expenses change, new start-ups are stepping up to move the hospital industry to share data more easily and break down the silos that keep care from being efficient for both patient and provider. The new strategies are helping to coordinate care and services for the highest-risk patients, but there are still concerns that the data sharing is not a long-term solution.

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  • Medicare's cost surprise: It's going down

    September 12, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Despite reports of projected increased spending on Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare spending per-person has actually decreased in recent years, a change that has been attributed to a web of factors like value-centered care and better coordination for complex patients. However, although positive results have been found, researchers caution that is is hard to ascertain the exact cause and replicate it flawlessly.

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  • How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

    September 12, 2018 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

    Armed with data, local activists are taking on environmental justice campaigns. In the absence of action on the part of the Federal Government, local organizations in Mississippi and across the South are working to increase transparency, generate data on public health issues, and mobilize action on climate change.

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  • How can we address Michigan students' desperate need for behavioral health services?

    September 12, 2018 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Michigan schools are adopting the TRAILS program to connect counselors with training so they can help students with mental health problems. Counselors are seeing a big positive change in their students. It's part of a broader statewide acknowledgment of mental health issues.

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