The Daily Dive

A recent trial for a cancer drug yielded some amazing results for those that participated.  Complete remission for every patient.  It was a very small trial with only 18 patients with rectal cancer, so caution is encouraged as much work needs to be done to replicate the results, but there has been no other study in which a treatment completely removed cancer in every patient.  Gina...

Schools have been struggling to meet the mental health needs of students and new data is showing just how much the pandemic has impacted them.  7 in 10 public schools are seeing a rise in children seeking services and 76% of faculty and staff have expressed concerns about depression and anxiety in students since the start of the pandemic.  Laura Meckler, national education reporter at th...

More gun violence over the weekend is still putting pressure on a bipartisan group of senators to come to a consensus on new gun laws.  This group of 9 say they have a framework for legislation that could deal with mental health services and school security, expanded background checks, and red flag laws.  Some feel that there could be momentum as polls signal that majorities of people su...

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As we continue to ride another Covid wave some people are testing positive for the coronavirus for 10 days or longer, leading them to ask questions about how long they might be infectious to others and if they need to continue isolating.  The answers are unclear because antigen tests could be picking up leftover viral debris but you can otherwise be free of symptoms.  Emily Anthes, scien...

Are you finally ready for things to be back to normal this summer?  Think again.  A worker shortage means that some businesses will work on limited hours or be closed altogether.  No one is applying for some of these summer job and that is leading to higher labor costs and higher prices.  Sarah Chaney Cambon, labor economics reporter at the WSJ, joins us for how many places are...

Have you ever tried to read the different privacy policies of all the apps on your phone?  No one has!  Our next guest tried to see how much reading he would have to do to get through all of it and it came out to 1 million words.  It’s one of the ongoing discussions around what data is collected and how it is shared, but rarely does anyone get through it, much less understand...

New Census figures are showing that big cities have been in a decline.  The largest cities lost a greater share of people than small and mid-sized ones.  New York, San Jose, and Chicago saw the greatest numbers of people leaving, while Texas and Arizona had seven of the ten fastest growing cities.  All of these migrations were accelerated by the pandemic and work-from-home capabilit...

After a tragedy like the one in Uvalde the conversation on guns ratchets up and people demand action, unfortunately not much ever gets accomplished.  This time a small group of bipartisan senators are trying to find common ground wherever they can, most likely on federal red flag laws which would keep guns out of the hands of people who could be a danger to others.  Ginger Gibson, deputy...

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This is a compilation of some of the most compelling stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rebound Covid… it’s an issue that has been popping up for some getting sick, but it is also happening to people that were treated with the antiviral Paxlovid.  Some are getting better and testing negative, only to rebound with symptoms and test positive after the illness has dissipated.  It has caused the CDC to change its guidelines and tell people with rebound symptoms to...

Another tragic mass shooting has many asking an all-too familiar question.  How could this happen again?  Why wasn’t odd behavior from the shooter flagged?  The shooter was able to legally purchase two rifles within days of him turning 18.  When it came to the massacre, the 19 children and two adults he killed were all in one classroom.  Relatives and former friends...

How old are you really?  There is a growing interest in biological age vs. your chronological age.  The idea behind it is that your cells and organs age differently and knowing your biological age can help you postpone or avoid age related illnesses.  There is currently no standard way to measure it, but scientists and start-ups are developing ways through blood tests or saliva test...

NFTs have been facing criticism recently as some investors are being left with assets that are only worth a fraction of the value from when they first bought them.  The volatile market of NFTs and cryptocurrencies can make it easy to make money, but also lose huge amounts too.  The problem can be compounded when celebrities and influencers promote them without also informing followers of...

Some relief is coming to families that have been grappling with a shortage of baby formula.  President Biden authorized Operation Fly Formula which delivered 78,000 pounds of formula from Germany to Indiana on Sunday.  More shipments are expected soon.  Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digital editor at NBC News, joins us for what to know about this, Biden’s trip to Asia, and...

This is a compilation of some of the most compelling stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pent-up inflation could be the next thing to drive up costs even higher.  Consumers have largely been shielded from the full brunt of expenses that producers, distributors, and small businesses have faced.  Especially in the restaurant industry, they have been hesitant to raise prices too much, but as their costs increase something has got to give.  Case in point, a Mississippi rest...

Some were calling this week’s primaries “Midterm Super Tuesday” as Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon, and Idaho cast primary votes.  Former President Trump proved his endorsement is very much still coveted in Republican circles, but not all of his preferred candidates won.  We also saw the complete fall of Rep. Madison Cawthorn and a mixed bag of news for D...

New York has a red flag law on the books that should have prevented the shooter in Buffalo from buying the firearm he used in the assault.  In 2021 when the gunman was still a minor, he was flagged for making comments about murder/suicide at school and taken for a mental health evaluation.  Not deemed a risk at the time, he was let go and no continued effort was made to keep guns out of...

The mass shooting in Buffalo, NY has once again seemed to follow an all too familiar path of online radicalization and planning leading to violence.  In this case the shooter acted as a lone wolf, but despite not have a direct collaborator, he had an online pack.  The shooters ideology is shared by others, whether it be those who subscribe to the Great Replacement theory or creators of t...

A mass shooting that took the lives of 10 people over the weekend in Buffalo, New York seems to be a racially motivated attack.  An 18-year old gunman seemed to target Black shoppers at a Tops supermarket.  A manifesto was posted online by the shooter where he talked about the ‘Great Replacement’ theory which says that white Americans are being replace with nonwhites through...

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