Nurses at Howard Brown Health approve potential strike amid contract talks
Union nurses at Howard Brown Health have voted to allow their bargaining team to call for a strike as the two sides continue contract negotiations.
Nicole Ki
Meet Nicole Ki Nicole Ki is a reporter with Reverb, a MPR News initiative and reporting team focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans. Her work includes in-depth reporting and producing TikTok videos on a wide range of Minnesotan topics. Before joining MPR News, Nicole was a human rights reporter for the Argus Leader in […]
A monkey sanctuary in south Mississippi helps veterans with PTSD find peace
Get updates on Mississippi’s healthcare crisis Receive a monthly roundup from the health team when you sign up for The Pulse. PERKINSTON — In the embrace of a cheerfully chittering spider monkey named Louie, an Army veteran who grappled for decades with post-traumatic stress disorder says he finally feels at peace. “Being out here has […]
Hackers derail Mississippi’s second opioid council meeting
Get updates on Mississippi’s healthcare crisis Receive a monthly roundup from the health team when you sign up for The Pulse. A cybersecurity attack displaying explicit, racist and antisemitic images derailed Mississippi’s second meeting to begin the process of allocating the state’s opioid settlement dollars, further delaying the process of using the money to address […]
A Food-Growing Tradition Finds New Roots in the Mississippi Delta
Get updates on Mississippi’s healthcare crisis Receive a monthly roundup from the health team when you sign up for The Pulse. This story from Reasons to be Cheerful is one in a series about the confluence of capitalism, conservation and cultural identity in the Mississippi River Basin. It is part of Waterline and is sponsored […]
Nudges improve food choices and cut calories when shopping for groceries online
A team of Duke-NUS Medical School researchers designed and tested a new digital toolkit that helps consumers make healthier grocery choices online — an innovation that could play a major role in the global fight against chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. In their study, published in the American Journal of Preventive […]
Researchers trace dust grain’s journey through newborn solar system
A research team led by the University of Arizona has reconstructed in unprecedented detail the history of a dust grain that formed during the birth of the solar system more than 4.5 billion years ago. The findings provide insights into the fundamental processes underlying the formation of planetary systems, many of which are still shrouded […]
An avocado a day may improve overall diet quality, researchers report
Eating one avocado per day may improve overall diet quality, according to a team led by researchers in Penn State’s Department of Nutritional Sciences. Poor diet quality is a risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease, and many American adults have poor diet quality and do not meet key dietary recommendations provided by the […]
The microbiome of fruit and vegetables positively influences diversity in the gut
In a meta-study, a research team from the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology at TU Graz has provided evidence that the consumption of fruit and vegetables contributes positively to bacterial diversity in the human gut. Bacterial diversity in the gut plays an important role in human health. The crucial question, however, is where are the sources […]
Golden Hour Bundle of Interventions Boosts Outcomes for High-Risk Preterm Infants
WASHINGTON — A multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) team successfully and safely adhered to a golden hour bundle of interventions for high-risk preterm infants, a researcher said here. Adherence to the bundle also led to reduced rates of severe hypothermia and reduced time to antibiotic administration, as well as a boost to early initiation of IV […]