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Rebecca Davis

@Rebec

Sr Producer NPR Science and Health Desk Proud Member of SAG-AFTRA

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Joined December 2007
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@NPR31 Jan 2023
Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out. n.pr/3DuhpKN
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How this Brazilian doc got nearly every person in her city to take a COVID vaccine npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Alina Selyukh@alinaselyukh6 Aug 2022
Tune in tomorrow to @NPRWeekend where I will be your first-time host! We have difficult and eye-opening and joyful stories in store. There might be tigers. Perhaps crumbling mountains. Maybe fashion. Possibly the speed of time. Definitely a puzzle! Talk to you bright & early 👋
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Everyone needs to hear this terribly sad but important story. The overturning of Roe v Wade will just make this worse throughout the country. My heart breaks for this couple and anyone else who will have to endure what they did. Thank you @carriefeibel npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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I used to wonder how many of these stories people needed to hear before they realized how dangerous abortion bans are. Now I realize they *do* know, they just don't care if women suffer or die. npr.org/sections/health-shot…

Because of Texas' abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare

New, untested abortion bans have made doctors unsure about treating some pregnancy complications. That's led to life-threatening delays, and trapped families in a limbo of grief and helplessness.

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Boosters targeting omicron may be available earlier than expected : My comments and @npr interview with ⁦@robsteinnews⁩ npr.org/sections/health-shot…

Reformulated COVID vaccine boosters may be available earlier than expected

The Biden administration may scrap plans to expand eligibility for second boosters to younger adults. Instead, it's trying to speed up the next generation of boosters targeting the omicron variant.

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GANGA TODAY@gangatoday120 Jul 2022
Replying to @HammerWitches @benphillips76
If I ever had a conversation on Live TV. It'd be like this lady. She speaks Ganga Style. The absolute savagery starts at 1min. Make a cup of tea so you can spit it out saying "Did she really just say that on TV!?"
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Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children. 1/🧵
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"The standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital." - Noam Chomsky (born #onthisday)
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@tamihultman21 Oct 2021
Former UK PM @GordonBrown, @WHO Ambassador, Global Health Financing: By end of Dec, will be 500 million unused #Covid19 doses in wealthy nations -100m at risk of expiry - “against all our security interests”; "will shock future generations". Airlift supplies to those in need now!
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“The development and approval of vaccines in record time took us to the summit of scientific achievement”, says @DrTedros in #covid19 presser. “Now, we stand on the precipice of failure. If we don't make the benefits of science available to all people in all countries right now."
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If Facebook is gone forever then all of my photos with my ex boyfriend are gone with it and that must mean he never existed.
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Rhodes student identified after double shooting near college over the weekend fox13memphis.com/news/local/…

Rhodes student identified after double shooting near college over the weekend

A man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after being shot on Sunday, according to the Memphis Police Department.

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Police warn not to leave a gun loose, under the seat, or in the center console but instead keep it in a car gun safe or using a locking cable. They also encourage gun owners to record their serial numbers so they can track these stolen guns. bit.ly/3ALPYc6 #gunsafety

Police: Almost 1,300 guns stolen from cars in Memphis so far this year

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Violent crime is on the rise in Memphis, and police say stolen guns are playing a major part in that. In just nine months, 1,286 guns have been stolen from cars in the city. That’s…

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Memphis Police on Monday reported that investigators have issued an arrest warrant in the Rhodes College shooting/ wreg.com/news/local/officers…
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In fact, don't you think @NPR would be wise to reinstate us engineers' compensation TODAY to where we would contractually be had we not graciously offered our help during the tough pandemic times? It would sure be a nice gesture/show of gratitude & goodwill! @NABETCWA @CWAUnion – at Rockville, MD
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Thanks, Canada, for that much love 🙏🏽 If you are passing through Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal, or any other major Canadian city, make sure you recognize your Yukon friend and click a photo! Huge thanks to YouTube Canada for these nationwide billboards!
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Big Oil and @AmChemistry just announced a "new five-point plan" to deal with plastic waste: They're going to "develop a recycling framework." Sounds an awful lot like like the old plan - which they knew wouldn't work. npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090…
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Why the future looks bright? It will be shaped by the "greatest generation": the 2.72 billion people born between 2001 and 2020. They ... 👊Are the healthiest & most educated 👊Have the most advanced technologies 👊Have a strong sense of human rights npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…

Two 14-Year-Olds Grill An Author About The Future Of Humanity

In his new book for Gen Z readers, Charles Kenny explains why despite all the gloom and doom, the world is getting better for billions. NPR turned to two Gen Zers to help ask him the tough questions.

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