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Sexual violence is an ancient and often unseen war crime. Is it inevitable?

"Conflict-related sexual violence" is as old as the Bible and as topical as current wars around the world. We talk to three experts about why it persists, why it's underreported and how to stop it.
- Jill Langlois
Scientists rely on private funding to push long COVID research forward

Advocates say the federal government no longer views long COVID with urgency. Private donors are funding research, bringing an unprecedented level of collaboration. (Story aired on ATC on 2/6/24.)
- Will Stone
A safe RV lot in Bellevue took a year to set up, which may be longer than it lasts

After a year of searching for the right service provider, Bellevue’s City Council agreed to a deal this week with a local nonprofit to run the city’s first parking lot for homeless people living in their vehicles.
- Casey Martin
Long COVID research goes private

Advocates say the federal government is no longer viewing long COVID with the urgency it deserves. Private donors are now funding research bringing an unprecedented level of collaboration.
- Will Stone
Burien’s Sunnydale Village was a ‘safe community’ for over 60 homeless people. Now it’s gone

Dozens of unhoused people packed up their belongings in the rain this week in the parking lot of Burien’s Oasis Home Church. The camp, called Sunnydale Village, was home to at least 60 people who now have nowhere to go.
- Casey Martin
The Census Bureau is dropping a controversial proposal to change disability statistics

After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the U.S. by about 40%.
- Hansi Lo Wang
As 'magic mushrooms' got more attention, drug busts of the psychedelic drug went up

Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been explored by scientists.
- Rhitu Chatterjee
Four cases of rare fungus found in WA. Here's what you should know about it

Last month the first-ever local outbreak of Candida auris, a deadly fungus, was reported in Washington State. So far, four cases of infection from the fungus have been linked to Kindred Hospital in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. Cases of C. auris -- which was first identified in Japan in 2009 -- have risen throughout the United States since 2016.
- Diana Opong
You can order a test to find out your biological age. Is it worth it?

Learning your DNA age sounds intriguing. But researchers caution the results might make you nervous. And they don't tell you much about what steps to take next.
- Allison Aubrey
Do your kids want a dog? Science may be on their side

Kids who have dogs get significantly more physical activity, compared to kids who don't. Researchers followed 600 children over three years, and found young girls got the biggest exercise boost.
- Maria Godoy

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