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  • FDA's ‘terrible policy error' blocks simple step to prevent fatal birth defects

    July 11, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Provo, Utah

    The life-saving vitamin folic acid is added to flour in the United States, but Hispanics tend to eat little flour. Adding folic acid to corn flour would reduce birth defects in Hispanic women in the U.S.

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  • Women's Center Works to Lower Recidivism Rates With ‘Immersion in Sisterhood'

    July 09, 2015 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For 20 years, the Center for Young Women’s Development has been a safe space for thousands of young women ages 16 to 24 who have been incarcerated or are homeless in the San Francisco Bay Area. The center is most recognized for its strategies to give these women opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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  • Do no harm: Some hospitals let a preventable infection kill their patients

    July 09, 2015 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Central line infections can be a death sentence to a patient, so hospitals have been trying to determine how to reduce this likelihood. The solution appears to be in the difference between hospitals willing to learn from failures compared to those that continue to use standard practices.

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  • Do no harm: There's an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don't they?

    July 09, 2015 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Even though most central line infections are preventable, they are a leading cause of death in the United States. The core of the problem resides in a hospital's approach, whether they put the effort into treating patients like they are in a car crash or a plane crash. Roseville Medical Center looked at the mistakes of other hospitals and have revolutionized how they treat central lines with a new checklist, a specialized vascular team tasked with the central lines, and annual competency tests for contract nurses.

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  • What If Schools Hired Dogs As Therapists?

    July 09, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Students who are suffering from stress outside of the classroom can often be emotionally hard to reach. A California elementary school uses a faculty dog to help ease the stress of students who come from difficult backgrounds.

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  • Berlin's New Rent Control Laws Are Already Working

    July 09, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    To address the increasing unaffordability of housing in Berlin, the city introduced a new rent control law to prevent rates from exponential growth. The city has also outlawed vacation rentals in certain zones of the city and created a program that aims to have 30,000 new rental properties available over the next decade.

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  • Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon

    July 07, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Cameroon was plagued by droughts, water-related illnesses, and an influx of refugees--all of which required a surplus of clean water. The government devised solar panel water distribution systems, which brought fresh water for irrigation. The surplus also inspired citizens of Cameroon to start small businesses that used the water, including brewing beer.

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  • Paying People to Be Healthy Usually Works, if the Public Can Stomach It

    July 06, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many Americans have unhealthy habits which increase their likelihood of getting sick at the cost of taxpayer dollars. Paying people to drop their unhealthy habits has been proven to be an effective way to keep people healthy and save taxpayer dollars.

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  • Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success

    July 05, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Walsenburg, Colorado

    Colorado causes a large decline in teen pregnancy and abortions by implementing free, long-term birth control to prevent pregnancy. While demonstrating massive success, its continuity is in the air considering the ongoing fight over health insurance at the federal level.

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  • Putting Fewer Innocents Behind Bars

    July 03, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Pre-trial detention for non-risk offenders has proven to be socially harmful, costly, and actually increases the crime rate. The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative is a national program that aims to decrease pre-trial detentions based upon individual merit, and provides ways that a newly released offender can be surveilled, have mentoring, and receive treatment for mental health or substance abuse. The initiative has effectively helped to keep low-level offenders out of jail.

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