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Dr. Ashish Jha on the White House ending the COVID-19 emergency declaration

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha about how the national public health emergency for coronavirus is coming to an end May 11.
- Gus Contreras
If you're 40, it's time to start mammograms, according to new guidelines

The influential U.S. Preventive Task Force issue a draft of its new breast cancer screening guidelines. They're now recommending women start younger, amid a rise in breast cancer rates.
- Allison Aubrey
Many people living in the 'Diabetes Belt' are plagued with medical debt

More than half of the counties in the nation's so-called Diabetes Belt also have high rates of medical debt among their residents, an NPR analysis found.
- Robert Benincasa
Major psychologists' group warns of social media's potential harm to kids

At a time of rising rates of depression and anxiety among teens, the American Psychological Association warns parents that their children need more protection when they are online.
- Michaeleen Doucleff
Seattle weather heats up this week with temps reaching the 80s

This week daytime temperatures are expected to climb into the 80s, maybe even the 90s by next Monday. Meteorologists say the heat could set new records for early May.
- Casey Martin
He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started

The attorney Jonathan Mitchell is known for leveraging the law to achieve his conservative clients' goals — regardless of the potential political fallout.
- Sarah McCammon
Back pain shouldn't stop you from cooking at home. Here's how to adapt

A new cookbook offers kitchen techniques that reduce physical exertion. It aims to make home cooking accessible again for those with chronic back pain.
- Pien Huang
'It's not for the faint-hearted' — the story of India's intrepid women seaweed divers

In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession.
- Kamala Thiagarajan
Does sex get better with age? This senior sex therapist thinks so

A recent study found that if you expect great sex after midlife, you're more likely to get it. Here's advice for seniors for how to make the most of your love life.
- Andrea Muraskin
Investigation continues into Virginia Mason bacterial outbreak, link to patient deaths unclear

A bacterial outbreak at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle has sickened 31 patients since October. Seven of them have since died, but it’s unknown what caused those deaths — the infection or the diagnoses that brought them to the hospital in the first place.
- Eilís O'Neill

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