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Derek Burnett

Derek Burnett

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Plagued by a Youth Suicide Epidemic, Provo, Utah, Worked Together to Find a Remedy—and Became 2024’s Nicest Place in America

Provo, Utah's third-largest city, built a blueprint to help combat disproportionately high suicide rates in young people in the western United States. Its cornerstones? Prevention and hope.

A Hurricane Devastated One of Florida’s Final Frontiers—but It Won’t Go Down Without a Fight

The tiny haven of Horseshoe Beach prides itself on its "old Florida" spirit—the very spirit that energized residents to pick up the pieces after a disaster

What’s Ailing Our Doctors?

Today's physicians are burned out and battered by spreadsheets. Patients are suffering too.