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  • Latinos Live Longest Despite Poverty. Here's Their Secret

    December 08, 2015 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    U.S. Hispanics who pass down a tradition of food, family, and healing are healthier. But as generations become more assimilated, many are adjusting to less healthy diets and habits.

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  • The Story Behind the First-Ever Life Insurance Coverage for People With HIV

    December 07, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Up until 2015, people living with HIV in the U.S. could not buy term life insurance, outside of a few small-value employer policies. Æqualis, a new company in partnership with Prudential Financial, began offering 10- and 15-year life insurance policies to individual consumers to help them and to reduce stigmas surrounding the disease.

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  • Amid Failure and Chaos, an Ebola Vaccine

    November 24, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado

    Westerners' fear of infection of Ebola motivated a vaccine in record time, but a preventive system put in place could ensure similar results for other viruses before they reach the same magnitude.

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  • Changing Employers' Perceptions, One Autistic Worker at a Time

    November 17, 2015 |

    Inc. Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Stony Brook, New York

    It is very difficult for people with disabilities to find work. Specialisterne is a Danish company that trains high-functioning autistic employees for IT jobs and partners with IT companies to get them hired by altering the interview process.

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  • In Bangladesh, a Half-Century of Saving Lives With Data

    November 17, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    A research center in rural Bangladesh has continuously collected health data for decades, thereby improving public health in the region and serving as a control population for vaccine programs.

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  • In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See

    November 07, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Hetauda, Central Region

    In the past, people in poor countries who became blind due to cataracts often had no hope of improvement because of the high costs of treatment. Nepalese ophthalmologist, Sanduk Ruit, perfected a cheap and effective cataract removal technique which allows his patients to see again.

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  • How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants

    November 03, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

    El Poder del Consumidor is an organization fighting Coca-Cola's power over health care decisions in Mexico. The organization tried many tactics but only found success after finding friends with enough money to compete with the beverage industry giants.

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  • San Francisco Dedicates More Money to End HIV

    October 29, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco wants to be the first city in the world to reduce its number of new HIV infections and deaths to zero. The city is relying heavily on two initiatives: getting people with HIV into antiretroviral treatment much faster, and expanding use of the HIV prevention pill, Truvada.

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  • How Creative Expression Can Help Kids With Autism

    October 27, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Reading, Pennsylvania

    The therapists at the Autism Society of Berks County use art and creativity as a way to help kids with autism. Students participate in a class where their illustrations are animated. “The way to unlock any child's brain, autism or no autism, is through using creative expression of some form," says the therapist Maude Leroux.”

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  • Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain's secrets

    October 22, 2015 |

    Science Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.

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