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‘#WeekWithoutDriving’ Day 1: Waiting for the bus in the rain

Monday marked the first day of "#WeekWithoutDriving," a challenge to Seattle drivers to get out of their cars and find different ways to get around. Organizers hope this week calls attention to gaps in our transportation systems, especially for disabled people who can’t drive.
- Casey Martin
Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA Covid vaccines possible

Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó and American immunologist Drew Weissman found that a chemical change to genetic code called mRNA eliminated a problematic side effect when used in vaccines.
- Rob Stein
Brain cells, interrupted: How some genes may cause autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia

Researchers have identified 46 genes that can disrupt a process that is critical to early brain development. The finding could help scientists find new treatments for disorders including autism.
- Jon Hamilton
Get ready to walk, roll, or ride around Seattle during '#WeekWithoutDriving'

People around Seattle and across the country are challenging themselves to not use their cars to get around for the week of Oct. 2-8. Organizers of #WeekWithoutDriving say the event is about identifying gaps in transportation systems that make it difficult for people who can’t drive or can't afford to drive.
- Casey Martin
What would it mean if PEPFAR — the widely hailed anti-HIV effort — isn't reauthorized?

President George W. Bush's program is credited with saving 25 million lives. Republican objections linked to the abortion debate make reauthorization unlikely before the Sept. 30 deadline.
- Gabriel Spitzer
Americans are urged to get vaccinated against 3 major respiratory viruses

Public health experts are urging people to take advantage of the fact that this year, for the first time, vaccines are available for three major respiratory viruses: flu, COVID and RSV.
- Rob Stein
Some 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente near a nationwide walkout

There's one more round of in-person bargaining on Friday — the last chance to avoid a strike before the contract expires Saturday. Workers are represented by 12 local unions, from coast to coast.
- A Martinez
Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just walked out

After a large walkout forced at least a dozen stores to shut down in the Kansas City area, CVS promises change. But critics say the crisis in staffing and unfair pay extends beyond that market.
- Bill Chappell
Overworked and understaffed: Kaiser workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers at hundreds of U.S. facilities could go on strike for three days starting Wednesday, in the largest health care strike in the county's history.
- Danielle Kaye
Ten of thousands of Kaiser healthcare workers could strike over understaffing

75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser facilities across the U.S. could go on strike next week, largely due to understaffing concerns, if their unions and Kaiser don't reach an agreement by Saturday.
- Danielle Kaye

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