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Communication Failures Linked to 1,744 Deaths in Five Years, US Malpractice Study Finds

Melissa Bailey

February 01, 2016 |

STAT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

A team is trying to improve communication through I-PASS, a methodical way to relay information during patient “handoffs” when doctors and nurses change shifts.

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Report Finds Juvenile Program Failed to Reduce Robberies, but Police Are Expanding It

J. David Goodman

January 04, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Despite the lack of success shown in a 2014 report, police officials say the Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program is valuable because of the good will it creates.

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Researchers Unearth 100-Year-Old Affordable Housing Solution

Cassie Owens

December 29, 2015 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A new book chronicles each below-market subsidized housing project ever built in New York, highlighting in particular Co-op City, where residents have come to care for their city-subsidized homes.

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In Missouri, Fewer Gun Restrictions and More Gun Killings

Sabrina Tavernise

December 21, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

For decades, Missouri had restrictive gun laws, but after relaxing them in 2007, there has been an uptick in gun deaths. Gun control legislation that restricts criminals' access could be the solution.

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The Fix

Andy Mills

December 18, 2015 |

WNYC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Drugs like Naltrexone have shown a 78 percent success rate in reducing heavy drinking. However, only one percent of alcohol users ever get prescribed medication. Despite that some alcoholics are treating their illness with medication, and are saying that medication is helping them treat their addiction and reduce their cravings.

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How America's Top Junk-Food City Went on a Diet (and Fattened Its Economy)

Arthur Allen

December 17, 2015 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Reducing obesity relies not only on personal choices, but also systemic changes. In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the city’s anti-obesity campaign enrolls individuals and city planners in an inclusive effort to focus on wellness and change the built landscape. Going beyond education and outreach, the city’s plan also includes creating new spaces for riverside recreation, more sidewalks, and paths. Challenges remain, however, as the city navigates its cooperate relationships while trying to prioritize community health.

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Historic probe of Chicago police expected to be long and costly

Katherine Skiba

December 12, 2015 |

Chicago Tribune |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

In Chicago, a white police officer shot Laquan McDonald, a young black man, 16 times, for refusing to stop. The city created a task force in the midst of an already existing investigation by the Department of Justice into the Chicago Police Department’s use of force. "The No. 1 good thing about these federal interventions is they force local municipalities to face the issue of police misconduct head-on.”

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In New York City, Police Stops and Crime Are Both Down

Thomas MacMillan

December 11, 2015 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New analyses of crime and enforcement by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the New York Civil Liberties Union show that even as police stops of pedestrians have declined sharply in recent years, New York City has continued to see a drop in crime.

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How Baltimore cut its infant mortality rate: Saving the Smallest

Brie Zeltner

December 11, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Since B'More for Healthy Babies launched in Baltimore in 2009, Baltimore's infant deaths have dropped by 24 percent, outstripping their home state's progress in the same period by a factor of three, and the nation's by four. Cleveland is at the beginning of its own plan to turn around decades of failure in preventing infant deaths.

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An epidemic of questionable arrests by school police

Amy Isackson

December 10, 2015 |

Center for Public Integrity |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

Police officers in schools can turn minor disciplinary indiscretions into criminal justice matters and foment the school-to-prison pipeline. To lower arrests, some California districts have imposed formal limits on police powers in school and different police training.

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