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Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong
From: Tradeoffs
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A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 16:39
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Mess
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Confusing Medicare ads are everywhere!, Credit: Leslie Walker/Tradeoffs
Every fall, an avalanche of advertising bombards the phones, televisions and mailboxes of the country’s 65 million Medicare beneficiaries. Private...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 19:15
After a series of suicides, the USS George Washington returns to sea with more mental healthcare
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The USS George Washington is returning to sea after a six-year maintenance cycle when it remained in the shipyard in Norfolk, Va., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The deaths among Washington crewmembers occurred during a six-year period when the carrier remained in the shipyard for maintenance.

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
Before 2011, the military forced out thousands of LGBTQ+ troops. Now, some are suing.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jules Sohn (left), who now is the LGBTQ+ Liaison for the Los Angeles Police Department, is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to upgrade the discharges of thousands for LGBTQ+ former service members., Credit: Courtesy Jules Sohn
The federal lawsuit seeks upgraded discharges for more than 30,000 former service members.

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 8
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to stu...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:29
Ozempic Hype Forces Employer Calls on Obesity Coverage
From: Tradeoffs
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Employers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This we...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 21:56
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
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Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
A new lawsuit says the military still isn't complying with the federal gun background check law
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Navy corpsman Devon Rideout (left) poses with her mother, Leslie Woods, in Vacaville, California. Rideout was murdered in 2018. Her killer is a former Marine who had been found not mentally competent during a court-martial proceeding two years before the , Credit: Courtesy Leslie Woods
The family of a woman murdered by a former Marine is taking the government to court. They say the killer - who was forced out of the military for m...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 6
3M has agreed to pay $6 billion over faulty earplugs. Now, plaintiffs must decide whether to accept.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 3M's dual-ended "Combat Arms" earplugs were issued to troops from 2003 to 2015. They were designed to let conversation, commands, and other normal sounds through, but blunt the force of loud noises like gunfire., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
About a quarter million troops and veterans have signed on as plaintiffs in litigation claiming the "Combat Arms" earplugs - manufactured by a 3M s...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 7
78 years after Joe Cooper survived a kamikaze attack, the Navy has identified his ship's wreckage
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 101-year-old Joe Cooper survived the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Ommaney Bay. He calls it a "miracle" that divers have found and identified the wrecked aircraft carrier off the coast of the Philippines., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
101-year-old Joe Cooper was a crew member of the USS Ommaney Bay, which was attacked by a Japanese suicide pilot in World War II.

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:54
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A revived program allows green card holders to become citizens faster if they enlist in the military
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Airman 1st Class Joshua Garamfel, originally from Micronesia, is awarded an Airman's coin at the end of Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland on July 12. Garamfel was one of 18 new citizen-graduates., Credit: Vanessa Adame / U.S. Air Force
The program allows recruits to naturalize at the end of basic training. Several military branches have revived it at a time when the military is ha...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:36
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Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line's First Year
From: Tradeoffs
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It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
The VA is facing a growing number of claims as a key PACT Act deadline approaches
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Volunteer Veteran Service Officers Hugh Reid (right) and Eric Isaksen help a veteran file a disability claim at American Legion Post 327 in Norfolk, Virginia., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The law passed last year makes millions of veterans eligible for new benefits, including post 9/11 vets who were exposed to burn pits.

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
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'No Place Else To Go': Inside a Former Abortion Clinic
From: Tradeoffs
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One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
They helped American troops in Afghanistan. Now, they want to stay in the U.S.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Nangialy Nang spends time with his youngest daughter in their San Antonio apartment. Nang worked as an interpreter for U.S. forces starting in 2007. He was ultimately evacuated from the country in 2021 along with his family. He worries he could lose every, Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
A temporary program that allowed tens of thousands of Afghans to live in the U.S. is scheduled to expire this summer. The Biden Administration's pl...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:26
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 23:21
As Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty, Army leaders promise the base won't forget its history
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Days before Fort Bragg was officially renamed Fort Liberty, crews erect new signs at the base's main gate., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
A newly constructed historic march route will remember the base's former name and the soldiers who served there.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
'A rocket docket': Judges want a speedy process to settle thousands of Camp Lejeune water cases
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Michael Partain (left) and Jerry Ensminger, long-time activists for people harmed by Camp Lejeune water, speak outside the Raleigh, N.C. federal courthouse after a hearing. Hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs are expected to join the case., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Federal judges overseeing the massive litigation hope to keep cases from dragging on for years. As many as a million people were exposed to contami...

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
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The military wants to contract with more small businesses, but the process can be overwhelming
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Craig Brooks looks through a microscope for fractures on a metal part fastened to a hydraulic press in his company's shop in St. Louis. Brooks is the president of AP/ES Inc., which develops ways to determine how long aircraft fleets will last., Credit: Eric Schmid / St. Louis Public Radio
Smaller companies can offer unique solutions to problems the military faces, but they can struggle to break into a defense industry that can be fru...

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  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:55
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
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The Pentagon has begun implementing a law to reduce suicides, 18 months after Congress passed it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr. signs a policy to implement the Brandon Act on May 5. Attending the signing were Patrick and Teri Caserta, the parents of Brandon Caserta, a Navy sailor who died by suicide, Credit: Jack Sanders / U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon has put in place "The Brandon Act" - named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside th...

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  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:43
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After finding mold in thousands of places. the Army is training soldiers to recognize and report it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: David Cutshall, the command sergeant major of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, examines a dirty vent in a Fort Bragg barracks room. It was dust rather than mold, and he told the soldiers who lived there to clean it and showed them where their air filter , Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
70,000 inspections yielded more than 2,100 findings of mold. Now, the Army has begun a service-wide initiative to detect and clean it up sooner.

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  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:57
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Latino leaders hope Fort Hood's new name also helps reform the base's culture
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Crews change the lettering on a sign at Fort Hood, Texas in preparation for the May 9 renaming of the base to Fort Cavazos., Credit: U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood
Fort Hood, the sprawling Army base in Central Texas, will be redesignated Fort Cavazos May 9. The new name honors the Army’s first Hispanic four-st...

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  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 03:34
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The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
From: Tradeoffs
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A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But th...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:32