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Mashup Score: 210 years after Flint, the fight to replace lead pipes across the U.S. continues : Short Wave - 6 day(s) ago
Ten years ago, Flint, Mich. switched water sources to the Flint River. The lack of corrosion control in the pipes caused lead to leach into the water supply of tens of thousands of residents. Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha recognized a public health crisis in the making and gathered data proving the negative health impact on Flint’s young children. In doing so, she and community organizers in Flint sparked a national conversation about lead in the U.S. water system that persists today. Today on the show, host Emily Kwong and science correspondent Pien Huang talk about the state of Flint and other cities with lead pipes. Efforts to replace these pipes hinge on proposed changes to the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule. Have questions or comments for us to consider for a future episode? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we’d love to hear from you!
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Provider shortages could make a new federal mandate unworkable, states and health plans say.
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The Missouri Senate is at a stand-still as a group of Republicans called the “freedom caucus,” is filibustering the renewal of the federal reimbursement allowance.
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Mashup Score: 18The children of Flint, ten years later - 12 day(s) ago
The toxins in Flint Michigan water have had devastating consequences for the health and educational progress of the city’s children.
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Leading public health and health care organizations and 133 distinguished deans and public health, health professions, and health law and policy scholars file friend-of-the-court brief to protect the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in Idaho v. United States
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Mashup Score: 6Commit to Kids: The Role of Deservingness in Shaping Advocacy - 14 day(s) ago
In political and societal deliberations over “who should get what, and why,” heuristics or cues often guide our attitudes and behaviors. Notions of “deservingness” and “social legitimacy” play a significant role in shaping support or opposition to social welfare policies.
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Mashup Score: 2The junk food industry is targeting our children - 17 day(s) ago
Food marketing hooks kids on unhealthy foods, creating poor eating habits that can last a lifetime.
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Mikael Petrosyan of Children’s National Hospital says gun violence against children is preventable.
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Mashup Score: 2The junk food industry is targeting our children - 19 day(s) ago
Food marketing hooks kids on unhealthy foods, creating poor eating habits that can last a lifetime.
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Nearly 1-in-4 adults who lost Medicaid coverage in the past year are now uninsured, according to a new survey. As states winnow the rolls, many families are caught in confusing red tape.
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The Flint water crisis and lead poisoning, 10 years later : NPR https://t.co/lqVm7sQI8Q