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  • As A Guerrilla Movement, Tiny Homes May Emerge As Alternative To Shelters

    May 04, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Tiny homes are a growing solution to homeless veterans and vulnerable youth, especially those who identify as LGBTQ. But the movement faces challenges from regulations and neighbors across the nation.

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  • Brazilian Doctor Crafts System Hailed As 'Way Forward' For Combating Zika

    April 10, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Paraiba

    Pediatric cardiologist Sandra Mattos had set up a network of doctors and hospitals working with tiny heart patients via telemedicine. Her system now also helps remote Zika sufferers.

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  • Baltimore Sees Hospitals As Key To Breaking A Cycle Of Violence

    April 08, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The city's health department wants to send ex-offenders who are trained to be "violence interrupters" to hospitals to talk with victims. Chicago has found such a program prevents repeat injuries.

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  • Study: Program To Protect Fish Is Saving Fishermen's Lives, Too

    February 16, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

    Catch share programs—where fishermen are allotted a set quota of the catch—reduce the notoriously risky behavior fishermen are known for, like sailing in stormy weather, a new study finds.

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  • Journal Editors To Researchers: Show Everyone Your Clinical Data

    January 26, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    The editors of the leading medical journals around have said that researchers would have to publicly share the data gathered in their clinical studies as a condition of publishing the results in the journals. Doing so would allow the results to be verified.

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  • How Uganda Came To Earn High Marks For Quality Of Death

    January 03, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala, Central Region

    Uganda has the best quality of death among low-income countries, according to the Economic Intelligence Unit. Its success stems in part from the strictly regulated but available supply of morphine, which is distributed by pharmacists in labeled bottles.

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  • In Cambodia, 'Lucky' Iron Fish For The Cooking Pot Could Fight Anemia

    December 25, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Cambodia

    The World Bank estimates that iron deficiency is a $50 billion drain on global GDP. In Cambodia, one entrepreneur has marketed little blocks of metal that are dropped in cooking pots and slowly release iron, entering the cooked food.

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  • Libraries Lend Mobile Wi-Fi Hot Spots To Those Who Need Internet Service

    December 24, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    In addition to lending media and information, libraries are now lending the means to access media and information by allowing patrons to borrow wi-fi hotspots.

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  • Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91 Percent; Here's How

    December 10, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    A decade ago, Utah set itself an ambitious goal—to end chronic homelessness. As of 2015, the state, which has adopted a "housing first" approach, can just about declare victory: The population of chronically homeless people has dropped by 91 percent.

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  • For Young Saudi Women, Video Games Offer Self-Expression

    December 09, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Riyadh Province

    In Saudi Arabia, female gamers were barred from gaming conventions so an all-female gaming convection was born, offering women a place of self expression and encouraging careers in science and computer programming.

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