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  • An All-Volunteer Clinic With Muslim Roots Brings the Community Together to Save Lives

    October 19, 2016 |

    Zócalo Public Square |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    Al-Shifa Free Health Clinic is located in an underserved area of San Bernardino. The clinic sees over 200 patients every month for specialized medical treatment and dental care, as they employ volunteer doctors from myriad specialties.

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  • Small Island, Big Experiment

    October 18, 2016 |

    FiveThirtyEight |

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    Response Location: United States, Key Haven, Florida

    The mosquito that spreads zika and dengue Aedes Aegypti is difficult to control. Oxitec a British company has designed a genetically modified mosquito to stop reproduction. For this method to be approved by the FDA it needs to be tested - however the population had many concerns regarding the danger of such methods and if the testing is ethical. The community will vote to decide if these gmo mosquitoes should be released.

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  • Prisoners With Hep C Get Cured In Some States But Not Others

    October 13, 2016 |

    FiveThirtyEight |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Currently, debates are ongoing about what to do with the substantial number of US prisoners with Hepatitis C. This piece highlights successful legal action in Pennsylvania that ensured costly treatment for prisoners.

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  • Palliative care: Dealing with the end

    October 08, 2016 |

    Livemint |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    A stand-alone hospice in the city of Bengaluru is the sole provider of end-of-life care for the terminally ill in the region. Having helped nearly 11,000 patients and trained nursing aids during a six-month course to provide both in-house an at-home care, the palliative care model is filling the gap between diagnosis and outcome.

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  • Naperville family's creative home solution for son with autism

    October 07, 2016 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Naperville, Illinois

    Part 3 of the Caregivers Crisis series: In light of a shortage of state group living facilities in Illinois, one family is partnering with a non-profit to retrofit their home into a safe, independent living space for their autistic son, creating a future for him when his aging parents can no longer take care of his daily needs.

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  • With obesity on the rise, NH seniors turn to activity — and technology

    September 29, 2016 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center geriatrician Dr. John Batsis has obtained a $796,500 grant to develop a home-based system of helping obese seniors lose weight, build muscle, and improve their strength using technology, video conferencing and personal coaching.

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  • Healers cure mistrust in Guinea's health system after horrors of Ebola

    September 28, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Guinea, Kissidougou

    In South Africa, when a person is sick they visit their local healer, but during the Ebola outbreak the healers with little knowledge of the disease often became infected and infected others. So the government in Guinea persuaded healers to receive a health care training and to refer patients to the hospital.

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  • How a Throwback Model City in San Diego Could Help Alzheimer's Patients

    September 16, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    What can you do to enjoy time with Alzheimer’s patients? A suburb near San Diego has recently opened a new town square with architecture designed to look like it is from the 1950s. The space offers aging baby boomers with dementia or Alzheimer’s a place to enjoy and interact with nostalgia.

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  • ‘Big Success Story': Sri Lanka Is Declared Free of Malaria

    September 12, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka has been fighting malaria for decades with more than 500,000 cases a year. Since 2013 the country has been malaria free by putting mobile clinics near the camps of itinerant workers and offering diagnosis and treatment to anyone without asking any questions of their immigration status.

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  • The Race for a Zika Vaccine

    August 22, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the past two years, Zika virus has arisen as one of the most pressing public health concerns. This piece charts the worldwide efforts by doctors using new technology to develop a vaccine for Zika.

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