It would be irresponsible for any scientist to conduct human gene-editing studies in people, and a central registry of research plans should be set up to ensure transparency, World Health …
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Chinese Supplements Supplier Sentenced for Fraud
A Chinese national has been sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison in connection with a scheme to sell mislabeled dietary supplements to U.S. companies. Xu Jia Bao, an …
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Nineteen-year-old college student Margaret Pisacano can usually feel a panic attack coming on; her thoughts start to spiral, her breathing speeds up, and her heart races. “It’s as if a …
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Japan’s space agency said Monday that its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will follow up last month’s touchdown on a distant asteroid with another risky mission — to drop an explosive to make …
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris over the weekend to demand action on climate change. The initiative started with a 16-year-old Swedish girl and ballooned to what environmental …
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A new test can quickly identify preeclampsia, a common and dangerous condition during pregnancy and help keep mothers and babies healthy and safe. When Jessi Prizinsky was pregnant with her …
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A new test can quickly identify a common and dangerous condition during pregnancy and help keep mothers and babies healthy and safe. VOA’s Carol Pearson has more. …
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As climate change heats up, we can expect more extreme weather events, more hurricanes and droughts over time. But small flooding events will also become more common, and while not …
your ads here!Students Worldwide Skip School to Protest Global Warming
They’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are skipping class Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure to take …
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They’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are planning to skip class Friday and take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure …
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Oil is everywhere in Oklahoma, says local student Luke Kerr. But that has not deterred him from planning a protest calling for its phasing out in the state’s capital city …
your ads here!Study: C-Sections 50 Times More Deadly in Africa
The death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday. One in 200 …
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A proposal to strip gray wolves of their remaining federal protections could curtail their rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes, yet the predators already …
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Russian-American crew of three has blasted off to the International Space Station, their second attempt to reach the outpost following an aborted launch in October A Russian-American crew of three …
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Sickle cell anemia afflicts many millions of people across the globe, mostly of African heritage and including some 100,000 African Americans in the United States. Now, researchers believe they may …
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A new study is warning patients that if they feel worse after taking a new medication, it might not be because of the drug but rather an inactive ingredient in …
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U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and …
your ads here!UN: DR Congo Intercommunal Violence Was Orchestrated
United Nations investigators say intercommunal attacks that killed more than 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo were orchestrated. The investigators from the U.N. human rights office in Congo …
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Americans most at risk from more frequent and intense heat waves tend to misjudge the deadly dangers hot spells can pose to their health, scientists said on Tuesday. People’s vulnerability …
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Researchers have found a new breeding ground for hammerhead sharks off the coast of Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago. The head of the team of researchers, Eduardo Espinosa, said the natural refuge …
your ads here!NASA to Make Untouched Lunar Samples Available for Study
NASA is once again turning its focus to the moon. Nearly 50 years after the last lunar mission, the U.S. space agency is unsealing some of the samples brought back …
your ads here!UN: Methamphetamine Output Booming in Southeast Asia
Production of methamphetamine is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency said Monday. Even as seizures of the drug known as speed, …
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