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  • How you can tackle two New Year's resolutions at once

    December 30, 2017 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    An organization called GoodGym combines fitness with voluntarism by having members run from the gym to volunteer sites where they perform physical tasks for community members. These tasks include moving dirt to help build parks, performing chores for the elderly, moving heavy objects for those who can't, etc. This approach motivates people to go to the gym more frequently because they benefit from their own health and giving back to their community.

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  • ‘I Never Thought That Would Happen in Our Family'

    December 27, 2017 |

    Gulfshore Life |

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    Response Location: United States, North Naples, Florida

    A network of pediatric care providers and mental health specialists are teaming up to offer comprehensive mental health services for children in Florida, something that has previously been neglected. The Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida establishes mental health checkups are part of the primary health care for children with their Beautiful Minds initiative, which also creates the network of integrated care. Today the Healthcare Network has psychologists in all 16 of their pediatric and adult practices and as a result has seen behavioral health visits jump from 964 in 2013 to 4,606 in 2016.

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  • He overcame drug addiction. Now he works to save the lives of other addicts on the street

    December 27, 2017 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    The state of Utah passed legislation in 2016 that made Naloxone, a life-saving overdose reversal drug, available over the counter to non-medical personnel as part of an initiative to reduce opioid related overdose deaths. An organization called One Voice Recovery brings Naloxone kits to addicts in heavily drug addicted areas in an attempt to reduce harm. In addition, One Voice Recovery helps addicts who want to seek treatment get the help they need.

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  • How teens are teaching each other the meaning of consent

    December 26, 2017 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Talk Project is a peer-to-peer training program for teens to learn and ask questions about issues of consent and sexual violence. The program has been effective and participants have, in turn, received training to be instructors.

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  • Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone

    December 25, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    A new project uses cellphones to provide users with information about mosquitos carrying deadly viruses as well as the ability to report sightings of virus carrying mosquitos. Through this reporting system, entomologists are able to more comprehensively and quickly know where work has to be done to keep people safe from disease.

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  • At ground zero for the opioid epidemic, schools are helping students overcome the odds

    December 24, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    A public-private initiative has successfully increased graduation rates and decreased teen pregnancies in West Virginia's opioid-ridden hills. Reconnecting McDowell brings together nonprofits, government representatives, teachers, coal businesses, and others to provide mental health services, high speed internet, expanded dental care in schools, and other offerings. But, still in its early stages and working to establish a unified voice, the collaboration is threatened by the Trump administration's plans to cut relevant federal funding.

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  • What Chicago is learning from Cuba when it comes to fighting infant mortality

    December 22, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Income inequality and limited access to healthcare contribute to high rates of infant mortality in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago. The University of Illinois has partnered with the Cuban Ministry of Public Health to model Cuba's approach to combating infant mortality; one that has been successful in bringing down the rate of infant mortality in Cuba to lower than the U.S. national average. The team makes home visits to women of childbearing age in Englewood to ask them screening questions for a $50 stipend to try to get to the root of the infant mortality problem.

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  • Newark DIG: Doing Infrastructure Green

    December 19, 2017 |

    CivicStory |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Due in part to an outdated infrastructure, Newark's storm sewers get overwhelmed with litter, oil and other materials that end up impacting the cleanliness of the community's drinking water. To combat this issue, a group of passionate community members formed Doing Infrastructure Green (DIG) to help bring education to residents about sustainable solutions around the water supply.

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  • The Ring That Could Help Save Women's Lives

    December 19, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    In Malawi, a small silicone ring that sits around the cervix and releases antiretroviral drugs is being tested to determine how effectively it reduces a woman's risk of contracting HIV. So far, trials have shown promising results, substantially reducing contraction rates especially when combined with sexual education.

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  • Can an Old Mill Town Become the Silicon Valley of Human Organ Manufacturing?

    December 18, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    Dean Kamen brought the world the Segway scooter, prosthetic arms controlled by the human brain, the first automatic drug pump (used commonly to deliver insulin to diabetic patients), and now he's built the first organ manufacturing plant. Over 120,000 Americans are currently on a waiting list to receive life-saving organ donations that often don't come in time. Kamen is aiming to change this by mass-producing organs and other tissues with technology that already exists and has been tested in labs all over the world.

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