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Folklife stars: Maya artist, Bolivian rappers, Dolly Parton's guitar restorer

Michal Ruprecht

Photos by Ben de la Cruz

They all showed off their talents at this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The theme: How youth keep cultural traditions alive.

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Next time you see a vulture picking over a carcass, say 'thank you!'
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Survey finds South Bay residents reporting health symptoms tied to sewage crisis
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UNAIDS report warns that HIV progress is at risk as U.S. funding cuts take hold

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Winter illnesses return with a vengeance

Rob Stein

The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing, while COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory viral illnesses are also rising.
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'Don't be boring!' How to cope with the social pressure to drink during Dry January

Malaka Gharib

What do you say to people when they ask you why you aren't drinking? How do you get your friends to hang out in places other than bars? We tackle the social conundrums of sober socializing.
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What the new medical debt-credit report rule could mean for patients, health industry

Obed Manuel

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's move could lead to providers seeking high payments before treatment, an economist warns. A health scholar says it could protect patients' financial futures.
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New rules will ban medical debt from your credit report

Noam Levey

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
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They were going to be doctors. Instead, they had to dodge bombs and flee war

Maria Isabel Barros Guinle

The war in Sudan has taken a toll on the medical profession. Health workers have fled the country, and those seeking to complete their medical education are finding it an increasingly impossible task.
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Tiny fish on ketamine may show how drug eases depression

Jon Hamilton

In zebrafish, ketamine causes changes a brain circuit involved in "giving up." That may help explain how the drug helps people with depression.
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First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC

Will Stone

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.
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We asked global thinkers how to improve life on earth in 2025. Here are their wishes

NPR Staff

What's one thing humankind can do to help heal the world? The wishes cover everything from upholding Jimmy Carter's legacy to cleaning up Mt. Everest. Readers, we'd like to hear your wishes as well.
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'A very, very small number' of teens receive gender-affirming care, study finds

Selena Simmons-Duffin

A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from Republican lawmakers in recent years.
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Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her

Selena Simmons-Duffin

Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.