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FILE - A second grade student is given a at-home COVID-19 test at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 11, 2022. The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests. Much of that is now coming to an end, with President Joe Biden's administration saying it plans to end the emergencies declared around the pandemic on May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

How Will Life Change Once the COVID-19 Emergency Ends?

January 31, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests.

Legislative Black Caucus Chairman, Sen. Angela Turner Ford, D-West Point

Black Caucus Pushes to Revive Initiatives, Expand Medicaid

January 11, 2023

The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply over five years as pot became legal in more places in the U.S., according to a study published Tuesday.

Nurses shout slogans during a nursing strike outside Mount Sinai Hospital

Nurses Strike for 2nd Day at Two Big NYC Hospitals

January 10, 2023

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on questions involving a lawsuit over the state’s new abortion ban, keeping the case that has prevented the ban from taking effect since last summer wholly in state district court at least for now.

California Trying to Find, Compensate Sterilization Victims

January 5, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or without their knowledge, and now the state is trying to find them so it can pay them at least $15,000 each in reparations.

Candy bars marked with Colorado's new required diamond-shaped stamp

As Legal Pot Grows, More Kids Sickened by Edibles at Home

January 3, 2023

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his newly-named Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara,

Brazil Will Have First Indigenous Woman Chief for Key Post

December 30, 2022

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Sônia Guajajara will head up a new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, with a mandate to oversee policies ranging from land demarcation to health care.

Wyoming Supreme Court Won’t Weigh in on Abortion Ban for Now

December 21, 2022

Elizabeth Edgerly, Executive Director of Alzheimer's Association (Northern California & Northern Nevada Chapters); Dr. Karen Gilbert, Vice President of Education & Quality Assurance of Alzheimer's Community Care; & Kenneth C. Zaentz, President & CEO of Alzheimer's New Jersey.

Alzheimer’s Disease | Nonprofit Report

November 8, 2022

Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion on Alzheimer’s Disease, with guests: Elizabeth Edgerly, Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Association (Northern California & Northern Nevada Chapters); Dr. Karen Gilbert, Vice President of Education & Quality Assurance of Alzheimer’s Community Care; & Kenneth C. Zaentz, President & CEO of Alzheimer’s New Jersey.

Like US, Mexico Faces a State-By-State Divide Over Abortion

November 4, 2022

OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Differences over abortion have pitted one large batch of U.S. states against another — one group imposing sweeping bans, the other intent on preserving access to abortion. To a remarkable extent, that’s also the case in America’s southern neighbor, Mexico.

WHO: Tuberculosis Cases Rise for the First Time in Years

October 29, 2022

GENEVA (AP) — The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health Organization.

Dante Murry, left, and his wife, Chastity Murry, in their home in Elizabethtown, Ky.,

Genes Link Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Once Thought Unrelated

October 22, 2022

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — When Chastity Murry had her first psychotic break, she went into her bathroom and downed a whole bottle of pills, hoping to die. Her teenage daughter had to perform CPR to save her life.

Kelly Davis, Associate Vice President for Peer and Youth Advocacy of Mental Health America; René Piñero, Vice President of Behavioral Health and Clinical Operations of Mental Health Association; & John Orr, Vice President of Programs of Vibrant Emotional Health.

Suicide Awareness: Support For High School and College Students | Nonprofit Report

September 27, 2022

Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion on suicide awareness and prevention, with guests: Kelly Davis, Associate Vice President for Peer and Youth Advocacy of Mental Health America; René Piñero, Vice President of Behavioral Health and Clinical Operations of Mental Health Association; & John Orr, Vice President of Programs of Vibrant Emotional Health.

Kole Jones, great grandson of Lydia Gerard

Civil Rights Law Targets ‘Cancer Alley’ Discrimination

September 26, 2022

RESERVE, La. (AP) — Sprawling industrial complexes line the drive east along the Mississippi River to the majority-Black town of Reserve, Louisiana. In the last seven miles the road passes a massive, rust-colored aluminum-oxide refinery, then the Evonik chemical plant, then rows of white tanks at the Marathon oil refinery.

4.4M Americans Roll Up Sleeves for Omicron-Targeted Boosters

September 23, 2022

U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts bemoaned President Joe Biden’s recent remark that “the pandemic is over.”

US Data Reveals Racial Gaps in Monkeypox Vaccinations

September 14, 2022

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa.

Sarah Quinlan, Chief Programs Officer of Lymphoma Research Foundation; Dr Gwen Nichols, Chief Medical Officer of Leukemia Lymphoma Society; & Anne Quinn Young, Chief Missions Officer of Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Hope For Blood Cancer Patients | Nonprofit Report

September 13, 2022

Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion on hope for blood cancer patients, with guests: Sarah Quinlan, Chief Programs Officer of Lymphoma Research Foundation; Dr Gwen Nichols, Chief Medical Officer of Leukemia Lymphoma Society; & Anne Quinn Young, Chief Missions Officer of Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

People rally in support of abortion rights

Planned Parenthood Maps Strategy to Protect Abortion Rights

September 9, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders from 24 states gathered in California’s capital Friday to begin work on a nationwide strategy to protect and strengthen access to abortion, a counteroffensive aimed at pushing back against restrictions that have emerged in more than half of the country after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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How Will Life Change Once the COVID-19 Emergency Ends?

Black Caucus Pushes to Revive Initiatives, Expand Medicaid

Nurses Strike for 2nd Day at Two Big NYC Hospitals

As Legal Pot Grows, More Kids Sickened by Edibles at Home

Alzheimer’s Disease | Nonprofit Report

WHO: Tuberculosis Cases Rise for the First Time in Years

Genes Link Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Once Thought Unrelated

Suicide Awareness: Support For High School and College Students | Nonprofit Report

4.4M Americans Roll Up Sleeves for Omicron-Targeted Boosters

Hope For Blood Cancer Patients | Nonprofit Report

Women’s Health In Post-Roe America | Nonprofit Report

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