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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, seen delivering the State of the State address on Jan. 25, has signed a bill that would ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18. Alex Slitz/AP hide caption

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Children's flu medication was hard to come by in December 2022 as a wave of respiratory viruses spread across the country. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Scientists say they have sequenced the genome of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Scientists sequence Beethoven's genome for clues into his painful past

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria as seen under a microscope. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 68 people have become infected with a drug-resistant strain of the bacteria, with many infections linked to the use of contaminated eye drops. Janice Haney Carr/AP hide caption

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Researchers at the University of Florida have identified this new breed of mosquito that's infesting the state. Experts are concerned about new diseases that could be transmitted. (Mosquitoes shown are not actual size). University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences hide caption

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Mora Leeb places some pieces into a puzzle during a local puzzle tournament. The 15-year-old has grown up without the left side of her brain after it was removed when she was very young. Seth Leeb hide caption

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Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphere

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GOOD Meat cultivated chicken fillet cooked in a pot, with asparagus and mushrooms. The dish was created without killing a bird. Brian L. Frank for NPR/Brian L. Frank for NPR hide caption

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A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration badge. The DEA issued an alert warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine" on Monday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

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Surviving long COVID three years into the pandemic

It's been three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. And according to the CDC, out of all the American adults who have had COVID — and that's a lot of us — one in five went on to develop long COVID symptoms. While so many are struggling with this new disease, it can be hard for people to know what to do to take care of themselves. The Long COVID Survival Guide aims to give people struggling with long COVID practical solutions and emotional support to manage their illness.

Surviving long COVID three years into the pandemic

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Samuel Camacho, a health insurance navigator with the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, assists people in enrolling for or renewing Medicaid. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption

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Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off

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How to have the STIs conversation

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Colorectal cancer is rising in young people. A growing body of evidence suggests diet and lifestyle play a role in the uptick. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fight Colorecta hide caption

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Colorectal cancer is rising among Gen X, Y & Z. Here are 5 ways to protect yourself

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Then-Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pictured at a Republican Governors Association conference in November 2022 in Orlando, Fla. Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced a partnership with drugmaker Civica Rx, to offer insulin at a dramatically lower cost, during a visit to a Kaiser Permanente warehouse storing thousands of insulin drug doses in Downey, Calif., on Saturday. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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"They are thriving," says Gary Walker of his adopted children Mazzy and Ransom. The hope is that with better addiction care, more Cherokee children can remain in intact families. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption

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