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11-15-2024 9:58 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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In a move hailed as a significant win for seniors, the Biden administration announced it has successfully negotiated substantial price reductions for 10 of Medicare’s most expensive and widely used prescription drugs. The result of intense negotiations with pharmaceutical giants, the move is expected to deliver billions in savings for both U.S. taxpayers and millions of older Americans who rely on these medications to manage chronic and life-threatening conditions.
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Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste, 16 (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Roughly one in four students remained chronically absent in the 2022-23 school year, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and Stanford University economist Thomas Dee. Schools are working to identify students with slipping attendance, then providing help. They’re also communicating with parents, who often aren’t aware their child is missing so much school or why it’s problematic.
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Multiple prominent news outlets, including Politico, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, have reportedly been handed confidential material from within the Trump campaign, including a detailed vetting report on JD Vance, Trump’s vice-presidential pick. Yet, instead of reporting on the contents, these outlets have chosen to keep the information under wraps.
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A ground-breaking study found glaring disparities in the language that healthcare professionals use when recording patient interactions, which could have an impact on the caliber of care that minority groups receive. The findings highlight how racial and ethnic biases may permeate even the most intimate and routine aspects of healthcare.
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The efforts are part of a broader push by states across the country to address digital distractions in the classroom and the impacts of social media on the mental health of teens. The issue has garnered renewed attention after the U.S. surgeon general called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms that address mental health risks for young people.
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Ta’Kiya Young was 21 and pregnant when she was killed by police in a grocery store parking lot last August.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have launched “Time Is Money,” a government-wide initiative to stop the time-consuming practices used by corporations. The initiative targets the excessive paperwork, long hold times, and other bureaucratic hurdles that companies often impose, which waste people’s time and degrade their quality of life.
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Having backpacks ready to go the night before can help students get their school day off to a good start. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images
5 tips from an experienced school counselor
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A memorial to Michael Brown is displayed on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)
Ten years later, those in the community cite significant progress, but say challenges remain. Every city leader was white in the majority-Black city in 2014. Today, the mayor, police chief, city attorney and other leaders are Black. But many acknowledge that race still divides the community of 18,000 residents.
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From 2009-2019, at least 179 people have been killed by police or while in jail within four counties of the St. Louis region near where Brown died. These local statistics mirror nationwide patterns of police violence in the U.S. and reveal that Massey and Brown were not exceptions to the norm – but, rather, representative of the everyday racism that pervades American society. As we have learned through our research of racist violence in Black communities, developing ways to cope is often a necessary reality of living in the United States.
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