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Drug-maker Mallinckrodt may renege on $1.7 billion opioid settlement

Victims of prescription opioid addiction as well as communities slammed by the opioid crisis could wind up with nothing if Mallinckrodt files for a second bankruptcy.
- Brian Mann
This Brazilian activist stared down mining giants to protect the rainforest she loves

Champion of her ancestral forest, Brazilian Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku was one of this year's recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activists.
- Jill Langlois
Why the FDA tightened rules around antimicrobial medications for animals

NPR's Scott Simon asks William Flynn, a deputy director at the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, about the agency's tightening of regulations around antimicrobial drugs for animals.
- Scott Simon
Florida families face confusion after gender-affirming care ban temporarily blocked

This week, a judge temporarily blocked Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for kids. It's seen as a win for trans rights but a chilling effect has left some providers and families confused on care.
- Melissa Block
'Taking Care' cuts through gendered mythos and illuminates the complexities of nursing

Nursing is a fundamental expression of care, as old and foundational as human touch. It’s also a highly technical profession that underpins our modern health care system, weaving together biological science with emotional labor. In her new book, journalist and author Sarah DiGregorio examines nursing’s long history and its complicated and powerful role in our lives today.
- Libby Denkmann
2022 was the worst year on record for attacks on heath-care workers

A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents almost 2,000 incidents in 2022: 'a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar.'
- Diane Cole
Seattle launches new effort to address youth mental health crisis

Seattle leaders announced a new initiative this week intended to address the mental health crisis facing youth in the city. The effort aims to increase education and awareness among adults in various sectors so they can recognize and respond to signs of mental distress.
- Kate Walters
FDA advisers endorse new RSV antibody drug for babies

A panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended the agency approve a long-acting antibody drug that can protect infants from the seasonal virus, RSV.
- Pien Huang
Purple is the new red: How alert maps show when we are royally ... hued

Everyone knows that red means danger, but how did purple become a cautionary color? At an EPA conference in the late 1990s, attendees nearly came to blows over color coding on the Air Quality Index.
- Neda Ulaby
India is now the world's most populous nation. And that's not necessarily a bad thing

Population growth has long been a source of worry in India, which now has more people than China: 1.46 billion residents. But some experts are optimistic about the impact of this population boom.
- Rhitu Chatterjee

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