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The FDA issues an alert for 6 brands of cinnamon possibly containing lead

The brands of cinnamon are typically sold at discount retailers, such as Save a Lot, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. The alert follows the recalls of 3 brands of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches.
- Bill Chappell
Massive project aimed at diversifying genetic data reports first results

Researchers have found more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants from data shared by nearly 250,000 volunteers. Half of the data are from participants of non-European ancestry.
- Rob Stein
Got long Covid? UW Medicine wants to hear from you

Seattle is among a handful of cities chosen for studies to evaluate long-Covid therapies.
- Diana Opong
Corporate America has new climate rules to follow, but will they cut global warming?

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose information about the risks they face from climate change. Industry is expected to sue to stop the rules.
- Michael Copley
Solving King County's fentanyl crisis will take patience

King County is devoting more resources to tackling a staggering opioid problem. Executive Dow Constantine says they’re taking a multi-pronged approach, centered around community-based and recovery-focused care. UW Medicine Research Professor Caleb Banta-Green is here to give us some perspective on the county’s new approach.
- Patricia Murphy
King County leaders say they have new plans to fight the opioid crisis. But when?

On Monday, members from the King County Council and public health announced plans to help people who are addicted to dangerous drugs like opioids. None of the plans involve new funding and it’s uncertain when they might materialize.
- Casey Martin
How states giving rights to fetuses could set up a national case on abortion

Fetal personhood made headlines recently when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children." The ruling raised questions across the country about fetal personhood.
- Regan McCarthy
Introducing Lost Patients
- NPR Staff
With a million cases of dengue so far this year, Brazil is in a state of emergency

Brazil looks to short-term and long-term strategies to fight a disease so painful it's known as "breakbone fever." The outbreak is part of a global wave of dengue triggered in part by climate change.
- Jill Langlois
First over-the-counter birth control pill heads to stores

Women will be able to buy the pill without a prescription later this month at pharmacies and grocery stores.
- Sydney Lupkin

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