Pentagon's Spending On Key Injuries Isn't Being Tracked Well, Auditors Say
The Defense Department has spent close to $3 billion since 2007 to treat and study traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder — the leading injuries suffered by U.S. military personnel...
View ArticleOne Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
One of the guests in the congressional gallery at last week's State of the Union address was Roxana Delgado, an advocate for soldiers returning home with traumatic brain injuries. Her husband, an army...
View ArticleFor One Soldier, Rap Is A Powerful Postwar Weapon
When Jeff Barillaro came home from fighting the war in Iraq, he felt lost, like thousands of veterans do. He didn't have a mission anymore.But now, through music, he's found one: Under the stage name...
View ArticleBefore Reaching War Zones, Troops Risk Concussions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4Kr_9I920
View ArticleOnce Denied A Purple Heart, A Soldier Gets Her Medal
In 2010, NPR reported that some Army commanders refused to award the Purple Heart to many troops who got concussions in combat because they didn't consider these "real" injuries. As a result of our...
View ArticleIs Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable?
Part one of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.Rebecca Weel pushes a baby stroller with her 18-month-old up to the seafood case at Whole Foods, near ground zero in New York.
View ArticleConditions Allow For More Sustainable-Labeled Seafood
Part two of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.Next time you walk up to the seafood counter, look for products labeled with a blue fish, a check mark, and the words "Certified...
View ArticleFor A Florida Fishery, 'Sustainable' Success After Complex Process
Part three of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.The long, clunky-looking fishing boat pulls up to Day Boat Seafood's dock near Fort Pierce, Fla., after 10 days out in the...
View ArticleNew Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes
If you've applied for a mortgage recently, you know how hard it can be. The bank demands all kinds of obscure documents and wants proof of almost every asset you own. But an innovative mortgage program...
View ArticleResearchers Question Obama's Motives For Brain Initiative
President Obama's announcement this week that he's launching a brain initiative generated widespread and enthusiastic media coverage. Researchers, however, are suggesting the initiative has more to do...
View ArticleAfter Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action
You might think that everything would have changed for the chemicals industry on April 16, 1947. That was the day of the Texas City Disaster, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. A ship...
View ArticleAt Cambodia Hotel, The Workers Are The Boss
This story is part of NPR's ongoing series about social entrepreneurs— people around the world who are dreaming up innovative ways to develop communities and solve social problems.If you walk into the...
View ArticleYour Digital Trail: Private Company Access
This is the second story in our four-part series examining your digital trail and who potentially has access to it. It was co-reported by G.W. Schulz from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
View ArticleYour Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?
This is the third story in our four-part series examining your digital trail and who potentially has access to it. It was co-reported by G.W. Schulz from the Center for Investigative Reporting....
View ArticleYour Digital Trail: Data Fuels Political And Legal Agendas
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View ArticleA Judge's Cookbook Reveals The Secrets Of Bialys And Bagels
There are two important things that you learn about Michael Zusman, baker and co-author of The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home, when you bake with him.First, his real job has nothing to do with bread or...
View ArticleWeeks Later, More Questions Than Answers In W.Va. Chemical Spill
State officials in West Virginia say that in most areas, they can no longer detect any of the industrial chemical MCHM that spilled into the water supply recently. They say the water is safe for people...
View ArticleNew Shooting Revives Old Questions About Mental Health In Military
The mass shooting at Fort Hood, the second at the same Army base in just five years, is renewing questions about the state of mental health treatment on U.S. military bases.
View ArticleHospital To Nurses: Your Injuries Are Not Our Problem
The case of Terry Cawthorn and Mission Hospital, in Asheville, N.C., gives a glimpse of how some hospital officials around the country have shrugged off an epidemic.Cawthorn was a nurse at Mission for...
View ArticleAt VA Hospitals, Training And Technology Reduce Nurses' Injuries
Bernard Valencia's room in the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., illustrates how hospitals across the country could fight a nationwide epidemic. As soon as you enter the...
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