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  • Finding Organ Donors Concealed in Plain Sight

    May 17, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Organ donation waiting lists can often hold wait times of months or even years. Thousands of lives could be saved with better ways to reach to the millions of Americans willing to donate an organ.

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  • Eradicating hepatitis C is within reach

    May 16, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Hepatitis C is a deadly disease that has yet to be eradicated in the United States (and worldwide). Organizations in El Paso and across the country are working to get people tested and treated for the virus.

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  • Using Tweets and Posts to Speed Up Organ Donation

    May 10, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A grateful recipient of a new heart has inspired a drive to vastly enlarge the pool of prospective organ donors.

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  • Beth Israel Deaconess examines mistakes made after patients die

    May 02, 2016 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    One of Boston's major teaching hospitals is examining how it handles patients’ bodies and supports family members after a death.

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  • They survived the earthquake. Now they're determined to keep their village healthy.

    April 25, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    For one village in Nepal, there's a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.

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  • When you treat violence as a health problem, kids and communities heal, experts say

    April 13, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Victims of violence found in hospitals are more likely to return for emergency care than those with chronic illnesses. As a result, communities like Cleveland, Ohio are trying the approach of treating violence as a public health issue. By employing social workers and peer mentors for the victims while being treated, it is hoped that the cycle of violence can be interrupted and the root cause addressed.

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  • Shopping for Health Care: A Fledgling Craft

    April 12, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    When it comes to health care in America, quality is hard to measure and cost is hard to predict. Some are trying to increase transparency and accountability among health care providers and insurers.

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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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  • Drones Marshaled to Drop Lifesaving Supplies Over Rwandan Terrain

    April 04, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

    Zipline, a start-up based in California, raised $18 million and partnered with the small African country to shuttle packages of blood and emergency medicine.

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  • Solving Cleveland's infant mortality crisis: Saving the Smallest

    March 16, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has an alarmingly high rate of infant mortality, there are a large number of infant deaths from SIDS, sleep deaths, and problems stemming from being born prematurely. Programs across Cleveland are growing in order to help address these problems and better serve pregnant mothers, especially the populations that are particularly at-risk.

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