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  • San Francisco Dedicates More Money to End HIV

    October 29, 2015 |

    KQED |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco wants to be the first city in the world to reduce its number of new HIV infections and deaths to zero. The city is relying heavily on two initiatives: getting people with HIV into antiretroviral treatment much faster, and expanding use of the HIV prevention pill, Truvada.

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  • Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?

    October 28, 2015 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Historically, decisions to make birth-control methods affordable to low-income women have ignored women's reproductive rights and discriminated against minorities. A counseling model that explicitly focuses on a woman’s preferences could be used to overcome latent bias.

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  • How Creative Expression Can Help Kids With Autism

    October 27, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Reading, Pennsylvania

    The therapists at the Autism Society of Berks County use art and creativity as a way to help kids with autism. Students participate in a class where their illustrations are animated. “The way to unlock any child's brain, autism or no autism, is through using creative expression of some form," says the therapist Maude Leroux.”

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  • Talking Early About How Life Should End

    October 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, La Crosse, Wisconsin

    Few Americans talk about their end-of-life wishes. To encourage these conversations, Medicare has decided to reimburse doctors for the time they spend helping families decide end-of-life wishes. In Wisconsin, a program trained nurses to have these conversations when doctors are too busy.

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  • A Family Matter: Saving Papua New Guinea's mothers

    October 25, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Papua New Guinea

    A doctor in Papua New Guinea finds that involving men in family planning is the key to reducing maternal mortality.

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  • Free health care for unauthorised immigrants in LA

    October 23, 2015 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles has a new model for affordable health care aimed at the 400,000 immigrants in the area without legal status or insurance. But not everyone agrees taxpayer money should fund the program.

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  • Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain's secrets

    October 22, 2015 |

    Science Magazine |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.

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  • This Solution To Poverty In Slums Needs To Be Rapidly Replicated

    October 21, 2015 |

    Forbes |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Africa, Port Elizabeth

    In South Africa, the extreme gap between rich and poor is the root cause of cyclical poverty, and those living in slums face particularly high barriers to education, healthcare, and quality of life. The Ubuntu Education Fund is using a comprehensive approach that includes sustainable investment in community leadership and infrastructure, a cradle-to-career household stability service, and a dexterous, community oriented approach to helping break the cycle of poverty.

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  • More Schools Serving Locally Grown Food, USDA Says

    October 20, 2015 |

    Education Writers Association |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Students in public schools are eating healthier cafeteria meals made from an increasing array of locally sourced food, according to new federal data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nearly $600 million in locally produced food was purchased by schools in the 2013-14 academic year, a 55 percent increase over 2011-12. However, new studies on school nutrition have yielded mixed results about the impact of new federal regulations.

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  • As Schools Buy More Local Food, Kids Throw Less Food In The Trash

    October 20, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A national census of farm-to-school lunch programs said the kids ate more healthful meals and threw less food in the trash than kids not on the program. In D.C., by law, schools must incorporate some local food.

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