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The End of Polio Is in Sight. What Have We Learned?
The fight to eradicate polio has been long and difficult. It’s been nearly 50 years since vaccines eliminated the disease…
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As Bird Flu Looms, the Lessons of Past Pandemics Take on New Urgency
In 1918, an influenza virus jumped from birds to humans and killed an estimated 50 million to 100 million people…
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Storms Pummel Mumbai, Killing at Least 8
Heavy rains and high winds ripped through the financial capital of India, toppling a billboard onto a crowd of people…
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Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians
Hamas monitored political activity, online posts, and apparently even love lives. Palestinians were stuck between an Israeli blockade and a…
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Disabled Adults Shouldn’t Have to Pay This Price to Marry
In 2004 Heather Hancock and Craig Blackburn were set up on a blind date while attending a Down syndrome advocacy…
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Tens of Thousands Have Fled Rafah Since Monday, U.N. Says
Tens of thousands of people have fled since an Israeli call this week to evacuate part of the southern Gazan…
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N.Y. Prisons Holding Mentally Ill People in Solitary, Lawsuit Says
A complaint filed by the Legal Aid Society and others accuses the state prison system of holding mentally ill and…
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Two Dozen Bodies Brought to Rafah Hospital, Doctor Says
A Palestinian doctor at a medical center in Rafah said on Tuesday that 27 bodies had been brought there since…
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Europe Is About to Drown in the River of the Radical Right
Europe is awash with worry. Ahead of parliamentary elections widely expected to deliver gains to the hard right, European leaders…
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Getting Back to Basics on Free Speech
At colleges and universities across the country, from Cal Poly-Humboldt to Columbia, students have been protesting against the war in…