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The Smart Heart: How AI Is Sharpening Cardiovascular Medicine

Michaela Haas

March 01, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, Minnesota

Several hospitals are beginning to use artificial intelligence, like Chat GPT’s medical assistant Suzanne, to make cardiovascular medicine more accurate and effective. AI can detect illnesses that are hard to see with the human eye, interpret test results and make diagnoses quicker and help doctors provide more effective treatment to patients. Since AI emerged in healthcare in 2018, the FDA has approved about 700 AI and machine learning-enabled medical devices.

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America has a good model for how to handle immigration: America

Abdallah Fayyad

March 01, 2024 |

Vox |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The United States’ refugee resettlement program provides language classes, job training, housing help, and support in applying for federal benefits, among other services, to refugees placed by the agency. However, the same type of assistance is not provided for all types of migrants, such as asylum seekers.

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Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

Keyshawn Davis

March 01, 2024 |

The Sacramento Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

Josephine Woolington

March 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Indigenous peoples across the western United States are bringing back native plants that disappeared many years ago by practicing natural regeneration. By slowly bringing ecosystems that were disrupted by human activity back to their natural state over time, the seeds and roots preserved underground are given the chance to flourish.

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Osun Fights Misinfo, Boosts HPV Vaccine Uptake for Women's Health

Noah Aderoju

February 29, 2024 |

National Wire |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Osun

By December 2023, the nationwide campaign had vaccinated about 4.7 million girls; however, Osun continued to experience pushback, with citizens resisting the campaign due to misinformation and a lack of understanding about the vaccine’s significance. The federal government also joined in, adding the HPV vaccine to its routine immunization system, which helped about 4.7 million girls get vaccinated.

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Why a White House Plan to Fund Office-to-Housing Conversions Isn't Working Yet

Kriston Capps

February 29, 2024 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau allocated $35 billion in funding for development projects near public transportation that would transform underutilized offices into much-needed housing.

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An unexpected way to fight chronic absenteeism

Javeria Salman

February 29, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Guilford County, North Carolina

A Bessemer Elementary School, a telemedicine program launched in 2021 is combatting high rates of absenteeism by providing health care in school. Students can log into a computer at school and receive care, then head back to class rather than having to miss school for doctor visits or sick days. Since the program launched, absenteeism at the school fell from 49% during the 2021-2022 school year to 37% last year.

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How Electric Bikes Can Cut Delivery Emissions in Cities

Sarah Sax Lisa Nho

February 29, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

The mail and package delivery company Deutsche Post uses electric bikes, trikes, cargo bikes, and delivery vans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions related to last-mile deliveries.

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The fight to keep Black moms and babies alive

Elana Gordon Taylor White Akilah Johnson Martine Powers

February 28, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Texas

Black parents are at greater risk of experiencing serious complications during pregnancy and childbirth, which is why preserving Black birth care, like doulas, is so important to preventing unnecessary deaths and medical interventions. The doula community is growing and there’s currently a push among local doulas and providers to grow the network of doulas of color to increase the accessibility of relevant and representative birth care.

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Young, educated and (trying not to be) broke — how some younger borrowers see Biden's SAVE plan

Lauren Gallup

February 28, 2024 |

Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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Response Location: United States

The United States’ Saving on a Valuable Education plan bases enrolled borrowers’ student loan payments on their monthly discretionary income to help lower the rate. The federal government covers any interest above the minimum monthly payments, which can be as low as $0, and some of the debt will be forgiven.

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