Deepa Shivaram
Stories
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Health
Pediatricians say the mental health crisis among kids has become a national emergency
Three leading pediatric health organizations are sounding the alarm about "soaring rates" of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among children and adolescents.
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World
Seville becomes the first major city in the world to categorize and name heat waves
The effort, which will begin in 2022, will help the city with its disaster response if a heat wave is ranked as more dangerous. Seville's mayor hopes other cities follow suit.
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World
Haiti's kidnapping crisis is plunging the country even further into turmoil
Seventeen missionaries were kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti on Saturday. It was the latest in what experts are calling a kidnapping crisis in the country — a crisis largely driven by one gang.
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Health
The federal government pledges $100 million to address health care worker shortages
As health care workers face increased levels of pandemic burnout, the Biden Administration is looking to help states recruit and retain clinicians in underserved areas.
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National
As Miss Navajo Nation, she helped her community through the pandemic
When Shaandiin Parrish was crowned Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she didn't expect to win. She also didn't expect to be carrying the honor two years later and through the health crisis.
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World
China's Xi Jinping urges a 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan
The Chinese leader says a "peaceful reunification," rather than one through military force, would benefit both China and Taiwan. Tensions between the two are the highest in decades.
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Environment
Biden to restore protections for the Bears Ears monument after Trump downsized it
President Biden will sign orders on Friday expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the administration announced.
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National
More than 1 in 3 rural Black southerners lack home internet access, a new study finds
The research, conducted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic studies, shows that 38% of Black residents in the rural south have no home internet access, compared to 23% of white residents.
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Politics
A top House progressive says $1.5 trillion is not enough to pass social spending plan
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, rejected the price tag put forward by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin for President Biden's sweeping domestic spending priorities.
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Health
A Hospital Gives Its Staff Panic Buttons After Assaults By Patients Triple
From 2019 to 2020, assaults on hospital staff by patients tripled at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo. Now personal panic buttons are being implemented to alert hospital security more easily.