Martha Bebinger
Health Reporter at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)
Covering Covid, addiction, health disparities and the intersection of climate change & health for WBUR. Mom of 3 adventurous young men. Texan at heart. She/Her
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3 weeks ago |
wbur.org | Martha Bebinger
Massachusetts would have to find between $185 million and $704 million dollars a year to maintain food stamps for 1.1 million residents if the U.S. Senate approves cuts proposed in a House bill. The legislation would shift costs for anti-poverty aid like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to states to help offset increased federal tax cuts. This includes aid for people well above the poverty line.
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1 month ago |
ctpublic.org | Martha Bebinger
Inside a home on a quiet street in southern New Hampshire, a mom scrubs at dirty fingerprints, food stains and some dog hair on a wall she’s preparing to paint. It’s one of many projects underway, so the family can sell the home next month if New Hampshire lawmakers approve anti-transgender bills advancing through each chamber. No one in the family wants to move. Rosie and her husband, Ian, grew up in New Hampshire. Their parents and immediate family live here.
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1 month ago |
nhpr.org | Martha Bebinger
Inside a home on a quiet street in southern New Hampshire, a mom scrubs at dirty fingerprints, food stains and some dog hair on a wall she’s preparing to paint. It’s one of many projects underway, so the family can sell the home next month if New Hampshire lawmakers approve anti-transgender bills advancing through each chamber. No one in the family wants to move. Rosie and her husband, Ian, grew up in New Hampshire. Their parents and immediate family live here.
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1 month ago |
wbur.org | Martha Bebinger
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Over the last few months, I’ve been following the family of an 8-year-old who is transgender. The parents decided to put the child, Emily, on puberty suppression drugs to give them time to mature, and see if they change their mind about their gender identity.
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1 month ago |
wbur.org | Martha Bebinger
Ian gives Emily a ride on his shoulders as they walk around the house. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Inside a home on a quiet street in southern New Hampshire, a mom scrubs at dirty fingerprints, food stains and some dog hair on a wall she’s preparing to paint. It’s one of many projects underway, so the family can sell the home next month if New Hampshire lawmakers approve anti-transgender bills advancing through each chamber. No one in the family wants to move.
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Monitoring the medical tents along the course of the #BostonMarathon today. Very little activity inside so far and 0 calls for ambulances, according to @MassDPH. Go runners!
Four years ago, a young man named V was deep into an addiction to cocaine. He hasn’t used in a year now. He swapped the rush he got from cocaine for the pleasure of achieving goals and getting rewards in a program called contingency management. https://t.co/j2JPoYqC8U
First time I’ve seen Harm Reduction listed on an elevator menu. This is at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center in Mass. A whole office of people doing counseling, handing out supplies, offering contingency management and medications to treat substance use disorder. https://t.co/uvM925nfLR