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The Moral Imperative of Restraint: Ethics in a Post–New START World
Nuclear weapons, by their very nature, are instruments of indiscriminate and potentially apocalyptic harm. Their existence and deployment raise profound moral questions
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‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear
(New York Times) – Onchocerciasis is one of 21 afflictions, most of them treatable and preventable, that the World Health Organization classifies as neglected...
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Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor
(New York Times) – In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had...
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Spain performs pioneering face transplant from donor who requested assisted dying
(Reuters via MSN) – A hospital in Barcelona said on Monday it had performed a pioneering facial transplant in which the donor, in a...
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More Parents Are Rejecting a Lifesaving Vitamin Shot for Newborns
(New York Times) – For decades, hospitals have given babies a vitamin K injection to protect against bleeding. Now, the shot appears to be...
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A Solution for Crowded Cemeteries: Turn Loved Ones Into Gardening Soil
(WSJ) – There is a looming crisis in America’s death industry. Green-Wood Cemetery might have found a lifeline. The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground,...
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Rising Temperatures Are Taking a Toll on Sleep Health
(Wired) – As nights get hotter around the globe due to climate change, the prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to increase by as...
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Psychosis Diagnoses Have Risen Among Young Canadians, Data Shows
(New York Times) – Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders...
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These Rural Americans Are Trying to Hold Back the Tide of AIFluoride ban efforts show RFK Jr.’s reach
(WSJ) – Fearing rising utility costs, job losses and privacy violations, residents have blocked or delayed data-center projects around the country Fearing rising utility...
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Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up
(New York Times) – You’ve probably heard of extreme cases in which people treat bots as lovers, therapists or friends. But many more have...
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Why Is My Son Being Left to Die on the Streets?
(New York Times) – Every few months, he acts out more than usual and he is hospitalized. Doctors administer enough medication to briefly calm...
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For Some Americans, the End of Obamacare Subsidies Means Falling Off a Financial Cliff
(New York Times) – Obamacare’s open enrollment period is over, and Americans around the country are facing higher health insurance costs. But the increases...
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Michael Beck, 65, Dies; First to Report Symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome’
(New York Times) – As an employee with the N.S.A., he claimed he was exposed to a direct-energy device that led to a diagnosis...
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Exclusive-US conditions funding to global vaccine group on dropping mercury-based preservative from shots
(Reuters via MSN) – The Trump administration has told global vaccine group Gavi to phase out shots containing the preservative thimerosal as a condition...
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Genetics play a larger part in lifespan than previously thought
(NBC News) – A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published...