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Spain leads the world in organ donation. What's stopping other countries catching up? Dec 09, 2019

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More and more people are donating organs, but demand still far exceeds supply. What can the world learn from the country that does it best?

Written by Chris Baraniuk

Read and produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend Abortion, contraception, pregnancy: how women's bodies became a battlezone, by Sophie Cousins, also available as a podcast.

How France is persuading its citizens to get vaccinated Dec 02, 2019

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One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, but across the country vaccine coverage is rising. Alex Whiting looks at how France is fighting back against vaccine scepticism.

Written by Alex Whiting

Read by Kirsten Irving

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend Violent crime is like infectious disease – and we know how to stop it spreading, by Samira Shackle, also available as a podcast.

Can vapes save the world from smoking? Nov 25, 2019

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E-cigarettes were invented by business, not medicine. But as more smokers make the switch, some health experts believe we’ve finally hit on something that could stub out smoking for good.

Written by Simon Usborne

Read by Brian Yim Lim

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend Violent crime is like infectious disease – and we know how to stop it spreading, by Samira Shackle, also available as a podcast.

How to survive in the world's largest refugee camp Nov 18, 2019

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A million Rohingya refugees in crowded shelters with poor sanitation – ideal conditions for infections to spread. Here’s how to stop these deadly outbreaks.

Written and read by Gaia Vince.

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend Why we still haven't stopped cholera, by Rose George, also available as a podcast.

How far would you go to be able to smile? Nov 11, 2019

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Smiling is one of the fundamental ways people communicate, so what happens if your face can’t do it?

Written by Neil Steinberg Read by Charlotte Hussey Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend The engineer who fixed his own heart, by Geoff Watts, also available as a podcast.

Why we need to start listening to insects Nov 04, 2019

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You may not think of the buzz and whine of insects as musical, but the distinctive pitch of mosquito wingbeats could tell us how to fight malaria. Daniel A Gross meets the researchers who are pricking up their ears.

Written by Daniel A Gross

Read by Barry J Gibb

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story we recommend How malaria defeats our drugs, by Ed Yong, also available as a podcast.

This drug can stop mothers bleeding to death in childbirth – so why can't more women get it? Oct 28, 2019

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We now know there’s a cheap, safe treatment that could save thousands of lives each year. But those who need it can’t always access it.

Written by Samira Shackle

Read by Kirsten Irving

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend Abortion, contraception, pregnancy: how women's bodies became a battle zone, by Sophie Cousins, also available as a podcast.

Most care leavers say they survived the system... I survived because of the system Oct 21, 2019

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Researcher Áine Kelly is using her experience of growing up in care to help others in the system. What role does first-hand experience have in expertise, and how important is it in making health and social care better? Michael Regnier explores a new kind of expert.

Written and read by Michael Regnier

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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If you liked this story, we recommend How going hungry affects children for their whole lives, by Chris Baraniuk, also available as a podcast.

Hard labour: the case for testing drugs on pregnant women Oct 14, 2019

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Traditionally, expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials, but could this practice be doing more harm than good? Emily Anthes investigates.

Written by Emily Anthes

Read by Charlotte Hussey

Produced by Barry J Gibb

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If you liked this story, we recommend Give and take: the ethics of donating breast milk, by Carrie Arnold, also available as a podcast.

How going hungry affects children for their whole lives Oct 07, 2019

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