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Natalie Krebs/Iowa Public RadioDue to advancements in treatment and screening, more Americans are surviving cancer. But many are left with lingering mental health challenges like anxiety and depression. -
Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesRecent studies suggest GLP-1s, the weight loss and diabetes drugs, may both prevent cancer and slow its progression. While weight loss is known to curb cancer risks, GLP-1s may act on other brain and metabolic pathways to prevent cancer.
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Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year. -
A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Trump saying the two crew members on board were "fine" after the incident. Trump also expressed optimism over negotiations with Iran. -
The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies. The move prevents them from securing U.S. defense contracts. -
A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. The administration announced the fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. -
The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks David Schenker of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about President Trump's leverage in dealings with Israel's prime minister.
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A New York jail is struggling to provide adequate health care and pay medical workers, even after the last health vendor went bankrupt and a new one took over. Now, nurses are resigning.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces measures to contain the spread of the New World screwworm parasite in Texas, a major concern for livestock production.
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The new report by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program said the massacres in El Fasher pushed one-sided violence in Africa to its highest levels since the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
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Attacks on civilians have brought global violence to record levels. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to researcher Therése Pettersson at Uppsala University in Sweden.