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Disability certificates issued by state authorities to be valid across the country soon
"We have made a new provision in the draft Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 as per whi…
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Rapper Flo Rida agrees to support package for his disabled son that could total nearly $500,000 a year, then left court holding a folder over his face
An agreement on nearly $500K a year in annual support follows contentious negotiations, during whic…
Laura Italiano
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A type of special savings account is empowering people with disabilities, but advocates and experts say Congress and states aren't doing enough to provide better access and greater benefits.
ABLE plan users and experts say that the government can allocate more funding for education and bro…
Vicky Ge Huang
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The staggering costs of being transgender in the US, where even patients with health insurance can face six-figure bills
But gaps in coverage remain. In Arizona, for example, the American Civil Liberty Union is suing the…
Benji Jones,Benji Jones
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A 32-year-old disabled vet thought ITT Tech was his ticket out of poverty - what happened shows everything wrong with the $35 billion for-profit education sector
The law mandates that for-profit colleges cannot receive more than 90% of their revenues from feder…
Abby Jackson
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DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Digital health wins big in new US spending bill - Dentists can use AI to spot tooth decay - Mobile app could help fight opioid crisis
AI HELPS DENTISTS PINPOINT PROBLEM AREAS ON X-RAYS: ParallelDots, the artificial intelligence (AI)…
Laurie Beaver,Ayoub Aouad
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Meet the millennials who got student-loan forgiveness and now have the freedom to save for retirement, grow their families, and consider going back to school
BI spoke to millennials who received student-loan forgiveness over the past few years due to Biden'…
Ayelet Sheffey,Katherine Tang…
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Social Security recipients could face 'a rapid increase of wait times' to receive benefits if Congress fails to increase funding for the program, according to the union representing its workers
The American Federation of Government Employees warned Congress of the consequences of failing to b…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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Getting hot new weight-loss drugs like Wegovy will still be a struggle in 2024
Patients and doctors want weight-loss shots like Wegovy to be more accessible. But it seems like t…
Shelby Livingston
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Monica Lewinsky urges Beyoncé to change a lyric about her in 2013 song 'Partition' after making changes to new album
In the 2013 song, Beyoncé sang "Monica Lewinsky'd all on my gown" in reference to her public scanda…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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The rise and fall of Birchbox, the once-buzzy startup that was sold off twice in 2 years and has recently resumed shipping boxes
Birchbox pioneered the monthly subscription box in 2011 and quickly soared to a $485 million valuat…
Avery Hartmans
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Experts describe the Alabama prison where an inmate died last month as an overcrowded 'slaughterhouse'
Problems at Donaldson Correctional Facility, where a fellow inmate reported a man's death to his pa…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Biden's Education Department just wiped out $3.9 billion in student debt for remaining borrowers defrauded by ITT Tech following 'years of lies and false promises'
208,000 student-loan borrowers who attended ITT Tech got their debt balances canceled, along with s…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The NFL updates its concussion protocol after Tua Tagovailoa injury, but a culture change is still needed
The NFL's "business as usual" mentality needs to change when it comes to player safety and head inj…
Marguerite Ward
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Meet a single mom and adjunct professor with $430,000 in student debt: 'I'm in a hole that I'm never going to get out of'
Maria "absolutely" regrets taking out loans to further her education, especially after a layoff and…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A survivor of forced sterilization in a California prison said there's more work to be done to prevent eugenics from happening again
Kelli Dillon, a survivor of forced sterilization in prison, said more work is needed to find women …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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How private lenders have left millions of college students with no hope for the future
How the booming market for private loans saddled millions of students with $136 billion in debt tha…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Inside the hidden campaign to forcibly sterilize thousands of inmates in California women's prisons
The PBS documentary "Belly of the Beast" follows Kelli Dillon, who was forcibly sterilized in priso…
Julia Naftulin
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GOP Rep. John Katko beats Democrat Dana Balter in their rematch for New York's 24th District
Katko was one of just three House Republicans running for reelection in districts Hillary Clinton c…