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When it comes to the deaths of babies before their first birthdays, Stark County was one of the worst counties in one of the worst states in the nation. But the latest figures show that is changing, especially when it comes to narrowing the huge gap between the deaths of African American and white infants. A crucial component of the change is the widespread use of community health workers, the bridge for mothers like Latasha Mathews. She’s 26, a first-time mom, and, as she acknowledges, the nervous sort. Ten-month-old Sophia is her delight and her worry.

Idaho is one of three conservative states where voters will decide in November whether to buck the GOP's resistance to the Affordable Care Act and implement its Medicaid expansion for adults.

Reem Atia’s family arrived in Cleveland just days after a heavy December snowfall in 2016. It was her first time seeing snow and a stark contrast to life in Jordan, where her Syrian family had first sought refuge.

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine ships this week. It is 66% effective at preventing mild to moderate cases of COVID-19, and 93% effective at keeping people who do get the disease out of the hospital.

For the next eight weeks, thousands of people will visit the Wolstein Center in Cleveland to take a shot at preventing COVID-19 and ending the pandemic. On Wednesday, March 17, the clinic, which is Ohio’s first mass vaccination site, officially opens to the public at 8 a.m. Officials hope to vaccinate about 3,000 people the first day and eventually ramp up to 6,000 vaccines per day by Friday.

A panel of radio hosts brings you some of the latest songs from Fast Romantics, Low, Potty Mouth, Ural Thomas, Kasey Chambers, The Bohicas and more.

Grab yourself two free handfuls of new tunes selected by our panel of public-radio hosts, including new music from King Tuff, Sarah Jaffe, Frazey Ford, The Gotobeds, Hollie Cook and more.

Holed up on opposite coasts, Roc Marciano and the Alchemist, two key figures in underground rap, have been gradually moving toward a shared sonic goal, reaching an apex with their new album.

The bill signing comes after months of work on Capitol Hill and years of changed attitudes — even as the threat looms that the conservative Supreme Court could roll back same-sex marriage rights.

Lebanon's banks froze accounts three years ago amid an economic collapse. Now, under increasingly desperate circumstances, people are resorting to extreme measures to access their savings accounts.