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Friday, Apr 3 2026

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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on aging, radiation, mental health, and more.

The New York Times: A Former Hotelier Wants To Make Senior Co-Living Mainstream

The founder of Modern Elder Academy is on a mission to make “Golden Girls”-style living mainstream. (Cheney, 3/30)

The New York Times: He Studied How To Transport Blood To Wounded Marines 

Peter Frazier’s lab at Cornell worked to improve how blood was stored and transported for armed forces. Then he received a stop-work order. (Robles-Gil, 4/2)

High Country News: The Nuclear Safety Protections In Federal Crosshairs

President Trump’s sweeping nuclear energy and weapons agenda has prompted revisions of longstanding radiation standards. (Guzmán, 3/31)

The New York Times: A Secret History Of Psychosis 

When Cohen Miles-Rath walks into his father’s house, the history of his psychosis is right there in front of him. There is the place where he was standing when he received a cryptic message on his phone: The devil had entered his father’s body. There is the drawer where he spotted a knife whose handle was white — the color of God! (Barry, 3/29)

The New York Times: How The Internet Became The ‘Cookbook’ Of The Drug Trade 

A baffling overdose death took investigators to the frontier of ultra-potent synthetic drugs. The clues were hauntingly familiar. (Richtel, 3/31)

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