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  • Getting to Zero': Are We Close to a Cure for AIDS?

    August 17, 2015 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For decades, AIDS has taken the lives of millions of people and infected millions more worldwide. The key to reducing the effect of AIDS, and even potentially curing it, involves treating patients as early as possible after being diagnosed with HIV, before the disease damages organs. San Francisco General Hospital developed the RAPID program for this purpose, with the goal of “Getting to Zero” the number of new infections and deaths.

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  • Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

    August 17, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that is both debilitating, and previously considered untreatable. Utilizing techniques of Gene Therapy, Doctors in the UK are contemplating new ways to address the disease.

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  • Why School Should Start Later in the Morning

    August 17, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Research shows that adolescents' grades are suffering due to lack of sleep and early start times of schools. As a result, the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention is asking schools to reconsider their schedules.

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  • Zen and the Art of Dying Well

    August 14, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Patients' last years of life are the most expensive for the health care system. For a fifth of the cost, a Zen hospice program, in San Francisco, is helping those who are dying improve their quality of death by enjoying the present.

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  • A Simple Fix for Drunken Driving

    August 14, 2015 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    South Dakota’s “24/7 Sobriety” initiative breathalyzers tens of thousands of people every day in an effort to curb drunk driving. Rather than legislation that takes penalizes offenders by taking away their license, the state addresses the behavioral issue instead. In counties that use the “24/7 Sobriety,” they’ve seen a 12% decrease in repeat drunken-driving arrests.

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  • Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?

    August 14, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Forty percent of low-income students accepted to college never start school because of a fear of debt and feelings they don't belong. A New York college access organization is using peer-mentoring to help perspective students jump over the hurtles.

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  • How One Hospital Is Trying to Curb Gun Violence By Treating It Like Substance Abuse

    August 13, 2015 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Patients who come to a hospital for gunshot wounds are more likely to suffer another gun injury or commit a crime. To stop this cycle, a hospital in Seattle pairs patients with social workers who follow up with patients, an approach that mirrors substance abuse intervention programs.

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  • Achieving Mental Health Parity: Slow Going Even In ‘Pace Car' State

    August 13, 2015 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    California has taken perhaps the most proactive stance in the nation in enforcing laws to ensure people with mental illnesses have fair and timely access to care. But even in this state, it’s proving difficult to ensure mental patients truly have equal access to treatment. New laws aim to hold insurers and health care providers accountable.

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  • How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)

    August 11, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Prisons in the United States are overcrowded with many non-violent offenders and the cost to keep them in jail consumes public budgets. Criminal justice reform has attracted bipartisan interest with diverse proposals to aid adjust the incarceration rate. The Urban Institute has developed an interactive “prison population forecaster,” which helps citizens to assess the impact of different policies.

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  • What To Do About the Antidepressasnts, Antibiotics, and Other Drugs in Our Water

    August 11, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Prescription drugs are greatly polluting the national water supply, causing researchers to begin looking for a method to better filter water and dispose of unused medicine.

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