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  • Advancing TB Test Technology, Where It Matters Most

    Tuberculosis is still a rampant problem in the developing world. Doctors are looking for even more advanced ways to test for TB beyond the GeneXpert tests.

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  • How An Economist Helped Patients Find The Right Kidney Donors

    If you've got a life-threatening medical condition, your first call might not be to an economist. But Alvin Roth used a theory about matching markets to help connect kidney patients and donors.

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  • How some nail salons in California are finding a less toxic way to work

    Nail salons offer services that often are toxic to their workers, from manicures causing acrylic dust in the air to the chemicals that can permeate through skin. Salon workers complain of respiratory problems and sometimes cancer. The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative offers certification in maintaining safe practices for their workers, offering an incentive for the use of ventilation equipment and gloves.

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  • Wyoming Elderly Tough It Out Even As Younger Generations Migrate Away

    These days, most rural communities in the U.S. are elderly communities - 15 percent of Wyoming’s population is over 65 and a high percentage of them live on ranches in small towns. New caregiver programs allow seniors to continue living at home and to keep doing what they are able, with assistance provided if needed.

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  • Swedish sex education has time for games and mature debate

    The United Kingdom’s teen birthrate is as high as 19.7 births per 1,000 women; one contributing factor is that sex education is not a requirement and can span only a day. Gnesta in Sweden offers a four to five week course on comprehensive sex education with a curriculum that makes the topic enjoyable, informative, and sensitive. As a result, the teen birthrate is only 5.2 per 1,000.

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  • Closing the Broccoli Gap

    The lack of access to healthy food has always been a problem for the financially unstable. Food stamps can now be used to buy fresh produce at farmers markets, but greater success could be achieved by getting grocery stores involved.

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  • What Do Teachers Do After Saying Goodbye to the Classroom?

    Five past teachers take their knowledge, after years of being educators, to make greater movements and developments in the educational sphere.

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  • India's independent farmers embrace organic

    As India's government promotes organic exports, farmers in Punjab have non-economic reasons for avoiding pesticides: Their health.

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  • Hotline volunteers help people cope with mental health crises

    Mental health care often requires a human touch and a personal connection. Tucked quietly in an office park in Grafton, volunteers at the COPE Hotline field nearly 23,000 calls a year from all over the Milwaukee area and some points beyond.

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  • In Bangladesh, Grassroots Efforts to End Violence Against Women

    A non-profit in Bangladesh is fighting domestic violence by having female and especially male Bangladeshi volunteers give sexual education and women's rights classes.

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