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Encyclopedia Britannica, and others. She was a fellow for a year at the Harvard School of Public Health, and from 1997-1998, she had a Kaiser Family Foundation media fellowship. During that fellowship she chronicled the closing of a state mental hospital. Silberner also had a fellowship to study the survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Silberner has won awards for her work from the Society of Professional Journalists, the New York State Mental Health Association, the March of Dimes, Easter Seals, the American Heart Association, and others. Her work has also earned her a Unity ...

• Jan 12, 2021 It may seem counterintuitive, but health officials say that even after you get vaccinated against COVID-19, you still need to practice the usual pandemic precautions, at least for a while. That means steering clear of crowds, continuing to wear a good mask in public, maintaining 6 feet or more of distance from people outside your household and frequently washing your hands. We talked to infectious disease specialists to get a better understanding of why. Why do I have to continue with precautions after I've been vaccinated?

Travis Brittain attends the Martin Luther King Unity Awards ceremony every year, but the thought that he might one day receive the same award never crossed his mind. Gaston Clergy and Citizens Coalition recently named Brittain – Gastonia’s 24th chief of police – as one of the 2021 recipients of the Martin Luther King Unity Award. Presented by GC3 annually since 2004, the award recognizes current or former Gaston County citizens who have continuously helped unite people across lines of class, race, gender and faith through community service. From a young age, the Ashbrook High graduate k...

The Rev. Dr. Rodney Freeman grins when he shares the story of how his grandfather had him destined to become an attorney. "We were sitting on his porch and Daddy Jake looked at me and said 'Son you're going to be a lawyer," Freeman laughs. "Because you talk all the time."  Daddy Jake didn't exactly foretell the future, but his chatterbox grandson, now the pastor at Mount Zion Restoration Church, still describes himself as a man who's never met a stranger.  "I still love to talk," Freeman said. "That hasn't changed."  On Monday, Freeman will be one of three honorees with this year's Gaston ...

Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.