| School counselors more available on mental health ‘front lines’ Posted: 13 Jun 2019 02:27 PM PDT ![School counselors more available on mental health 'front lines']( "School counselors more available on mental health 'front lines'") Good news for U.S. classrooms: School counselors aren't being spread so thin. "When we see school counselors sharing their impact, sharing their results, showing that they're part of this school team ... we see districts finding ways to not only keep school counselors, but to hire more," says Jill Cook, an assistant director of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), of her organization's findings. Studies consistently show that the increased presence of school counselors correlates with positive student outcomes, including better academic performance.
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| The view from one of the last abortion clinics in Louisiana Posted: 13 Jun 2019 02:08 PM PDT ![The view from one of the last abortion clinics in Louisiana]( "The view from one of the last abortion clinics in Louisiana") Now, the man known in court documents as "Dr. John Doe 1" – or "Doe" for short – is ready to retire and wondering whether anyone will be around to take his place. There are one or two local physicians who might be willing to hack it – to risk judgment from their peers and neighbors, face hostility from antiabortion extremists, and conceal their identities from the public, as Doe has done for most of his career. "We're going to kind of face the point where [I have to] say, 'Look, if none of the other OB-GYNs in this state are willing to come up and step up to the plate, then too bad,'" he says one April afternoon after his shift at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he's performed abortions since 1981.
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| For Afghan midwife, saving women’s lives is a lifelong passion Posted: 13 Jun 2019 01:46 PM PDT ![For Afghan midwife, saving women's lives is a lifelong passion]( "For Afghan midwife, saving women's lives is a lifelong passion") Feroza Mushtari was barely a teenager – just 12 or 13 years old – when a desperate knock on the front door changed her life. The archconservative Islamist Taliban then ruled Afghanistan: Was a man available, as required, who could escort them to the hospital?
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| To clear the air, go underground Posted: 13 Jun 2019 12:09 PM PDT ![To clear the air, go underground]( "To clear the air, go underground") Trying to remove heat-trapping gases from Earth's atmosphere to halt global warming is a huge undertaking. A recent proposal even suggested one of the most radical ideas so far: Forget about reducing carbon dioxide. A big idea no doubt, but hardly practical. Meanwhile two much more down-to-earth big ideas to cut global warming are gaining momentum.
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