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  • Take this cash and call me in the morning

    Health professionals today routinely help patients access support services, like food and income assistance, that are crucial for their mental and physical health. Organizations, like Health Leads, have stepped in to manage some of this support. They encourage doctors and social workers to “prescribe” resources like food, and volunteers help by managing the logistics of things like transportation or application assistance.

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  • Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

    Chilis on Wheels New York, is part of a coalition of mostly vegan and Black, Indigenous, and Latinx-founded and led organizations that partner with the Office of Food and Nutritional Services to expand plant-based offerings in the city’s schools. The group works to implement practices like “Vegan Fridays,” where the school meal of the day is plant-based, a practice that is picking up speed across the U.S.

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  • Vaccinating the Amazon: Hundreds of Indigenous languages, climate, terrain and more all complicate a massive effort

    Hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in remote regions of the Amazon have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in part thanks to programs that send indigenous vaccinators with non-mRNA vaccines to remote villages. There, they meet with community leaders and work to gain the community’s trust before vaccinating those who are willing. Non-mRNA vaccines are used due to the refrigeration needed for mRNA doses, but they also make it easier to address misconceptions associated with the new and unfamiliar mRNA technology.

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  • Lab-Grown Meat: Future Climate Solution or Icky Science Experiment?

    Lab-grown meat is poised to become a safer alternative to conventional meat. There are 99 companies around the world that are developing lab-cultured meat products and that number is growing. The production process is still expensive and not completely scalable yet, but scientists are working to overcome these barriers to make it cheaper and more ethically produced.

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  • On Kashmir's border, health workers fight Covid vaccine battles

    In an effort to fight misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, teams of healthcare professionals travel door-to-door in rural communities where vaccination rates are low and COVID cases are high.

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  • ‘Chipping away at barriers': Nurse practitioners filling primary-care gap

    Nurse practitioner-led clinics in Ontario, Canada, are open for same-day appointments to care for people without a primary health-care provider and decrease the number of emergency-room patients.

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  • The Nordic way to stop bullying

    The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program strives to address bullying in school by analyzing the entire school ecosystem to create a culture that doesn’t tolerate negative behavior like bullying. The Program includes students, their families and school staff to guide the creation of bullying prevention efforts. The Program was tested in more than 200 schools in Pennsylvania and following the program, the schools reported 2,000 fewer cases of bullying over a two-year span.

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  • Greek community members say alcohol ban is effective

    The WSU Greek Row hard alcohol ban emerged after a student and fraternity member died from alcohol poisoning. To ensure Greek life members are respecting the ban and staying safe, registered functions have sober volunteers to monitor the event and help out in case there’s a dangerous situation.

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  • When to take the keys away? Driver evaluation takes burden off caregivers to decide

    The Erie County Medical Center’s Driver Rehabilitation Program tests drivers' physical and cognitive abilities, to recommend whether or not they should remain behind the wheel.

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  • In Holland People With Dementia Can Work on a Farm

    Care farms in the Netherlands allow people with dementia to work alongside farmers in joint responsibility and decision-making. This work provides physical and emotional benefits like movement, social interaction, and a sense of purpose.

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