Automotive The co-creator of HBO Max’s ‘Hacks’ talks about the secret to the show’s success : NPR Christin Hakim, June 11, 2022 Jean Smart and Hannah Eindbinder start in ‘Hacks’ Season 2 for HBO Max. Photos by Karen Ballard Karen Ballard/Photo by Karen Ballard/HBO Max hide caption toggle caption Karen Ballard/Photo by Karen Ballard/HBO Max Jean Smart and Hannah Eindbinder start in ‘Hacks’ Season 2 for HBO Max. Photos by Karen Ballard… Continue Reading
medical A U.S. pediatricians’ group is trying to eliminate race-based medical guidance : NPR Christin Hakim, May 9, 2022 A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday in 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. Amr Alfiky/AP hide caption toggle… Continue Reading
sport America’s fastest-growing sport is pickleball : NPR Christin Hakim, February 20, 2022 Freida Yueh (right) says of the increasingly popular sport of pickleball: “It’s addictive so we just started playing and now with our other friends and relatives—actually everybody we know now plays pickleball.” Shannon Mullen hide caption toggle caption Shannon Mullen Freida Yueh (right) says of the increasingly popular sport of… Continue Reading
medical The number of first-year Black medical students jumps 21% in the past year : NPR Christin Hakim, January 21, 2022 Medical schools across the country are reporting a record increase in first-year Black students. (This report originally aired Jan. 15, 2022 on Weekend Edition Saturday.) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Medical schools report a record increase in new Black students. One school in Massachusetts has nearly tripled the number of first-year future… Continue Reading
Automotive Amy Schneider is first woman to win more than $1 million on ‘Jeopardy!’ : NPR Christin Hakim, January 8, 2022 With her win Friday, Amy Schneider (left) became the first woman in Jeopardy! history to win more than $1 million. Casey Durkin/Jeopardy Productions hide caption toggle caption Casey Durkin/Jeopardy Productions With her win Friday, Amy Schneider (left) became the first woman in Jeopardy! history to win more than $1 million…. Continue Reading
Automotive Remembering Betty White : NPR Christin Hakim, January 1, 2022 Betty White at the 41st Annual People’s Choice Awards in 2015. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images Betty White at the 41st Annual People’s Choice Awards in 2015. Kevin Winter/Getty Images Something awful happens to the pop-culture take on smart, sharp-witted people when they have the… Continue Reading
Automotive HBO’s ‘Black and Missing’ offers an antidote to Missing White Woman Syndrome : NPR Christin Hakim, December 4, 2021 Natalie Wilson, co-founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, posts a flier featuring a missing girl. HBO hide caption toggle caption HBO Natalie Wilson, co-founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, posts a flier featuring a missing girl. HBO It may be one of the saddest truisms of modern media:… Continue Reading
business Strict mandate takes effect in LA. Business patrons must show proof of vaccination : NPR Christin Hakim, November 13, 2021 Patrons keep their social distance while waiting for donuts outside Donut Friend bakery in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Saturday. A vaccine mandate that is among the strictest in the country takes effect Monday in Los Angeles, requiring proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of… Continue Reading
Automotive A Woman Who Survived The 1918 Flu Dies After Contracting COVID : NPR Christin Hakim, October 3, 2021 Dorene Giacopini holds up a photo of her mother Primetta Giacopini at her home in Richmond, Calif., on Monday. Primetta Giacopini was two years old when she lost her mother to the Spanish flu in 1918. Primetta Giacopini contracted COVID-19 earlier this month and died on Sept. 16. Josh Edelson/AP… Continue Reading
medical Doctors say the Texas abortion ban is complicating other types of medical decisions : NPR Christin Hakim, October 2, 2021 Glenda Lima, a surgical tech at Houston Women’s Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound on a patient on Sept. 30. The patient drove to the clinic from Louisiana, and the ultrasound was to determine whether the woman was less than six weeks pregnant and eligible to have an abortion in Texas,… Continue Reading