The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp increases since 2021 and with each consecutive year. Kansas dealt the most…
Category: 8. Health
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Beyond amyloid plaques: AI reveals hidden chemical changes across the Alzheimer’s brain
Researchers at Rice University have produced the first comprehensive, label free molecular atlas of the Alzheimer’s brain in an animal model. The work offers a deeper look at how the disease begins and spreads. Alzheimer’s claims more lives each…
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Jesse Jackson’s Early HIV/AIDS Advocacy Changed U.S. Public Health Policy
Jackson’s vocal advocacy caused a shift in both behavior and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. He helped chart a course of action that led to improved prevention and treatments.
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Among Jesse Jackson’s Key Legacies Was Raising HIV/AIDS Awareness
The Reverend Jesse Jackson chats with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office, Feb. 25. 1987.
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Reverend Jesse Jackson died last month. He was one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Among his…
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Is bubble tea bad for you? New research raises red flags
Bubble tea shops are now nearly as common on British high streets as coffee chains, drawing crowds with colorful, photo friendly drinks in endless flavor combinations. The Taiwanese beverage, which blends black tea, milk, sugar, and chewy tapioca…
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How Gut Biomarkers Could Track Disease
The human gut microbiome has a close connection to our well-being, and it has the potential to be used as a biomarker of health, and might be harnessed to treat disease. The gut microbiome can also hold…
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How Gut Biomarkers Could Track Disease
The human gut microbiome has a close connection to our well-being, and it has the potential to be used as a biomarker of health, and might be harnessed to treat disease. The gut microbiome can also hold…
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Consumer Price Index Isn’t Properly Accounting For Healthcare Costs
On top of continued elevated inflation, it’s what the Consumer Price Index doesn’t measure — certain patient healthcare costs — that’s enhancing the affordability crisis.
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New iron nanomaterial wipes out cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new nanomaterial designed to destroy cancer cells from the inside. The material activates two separate chemical reactions once inside a tumor cell, overwhelming it with oxidative stress while…
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New method could improve US forecasting of West Nile virus
West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness in the continental United States and can in rare cases lead to a much more serious disease with an approximately 10% fatality rate. West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNND) has…
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