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"There's a lot of memories here, some good, some bad," said Danny Smith, reflecting on his years working at the now-defunct Solid Energy mine in Pike County, Ky. Smith, 51, suffers from an advanced and incurable stage of black lung disease. Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR hide caption
As coal miners suffer and die from severe black lung, a proposed fix may fall short
They have suffered great pain but not lost their compassion. Clockwise from top left: Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, a Palestinian citizen of Israel whose relative in Gaza, an ambulance driver, died in an airstrike; Robi Damelin, whose son was killed by a Palestinian sniper; Maoz Inon, whose parents died in the Hamas attack of Oct. 7; Yousef Bashir, who as a teen was shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza. Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Lina Qasem Hassan; Parents Circle — Families Forum; courtesy of Inon family; courtesy of Bobbie Gottschalk. hide caption
The Israel-Hamas war has not quashed their compassion, their empathy, their hope
The first page of an eight-page comic about hypothyroidism. A cartoon version of the reporter, Andy Miller, is introduced. He is the narrator for this series and looks concerned. The phrase "Thyroid Problem" appears above his head. He has a doctor one side and a bottle of pills on the other. Oona Tempest/KFF Health News hide caption
Pakistani teacher Riffat Arif, known as Sister Zeph, is the 2023 winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. She holds a trophy presented at a dinner in her honor in Paris. She says she faced bad treatment from her teachers at school and dreamed of "a teacher who gives equal respect and love to children with no difference. I could not find that teacher, so I will be that teacher." Ludovic Marin /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
It's tradition: Every year, Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe onto the air. This year, she's also sharing another cranberry recipe, too — a chutney from actor and food writer Madhur Jaffrey. Darren McCollester/Getty Images hide caption