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Gun deaths surged during the pandemic’s first year, the C.D.C. reports.
Gun deaths reached the highest number ever recorded in the United States in 2020, the first year of the pandemic,…
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World
An Anaconda’s Play Date With Dolphins Took a Strange Turn
In August 2021, a research team was documenting biodiversity near the Tijamuchi River in Bolivia when they saw some animals…
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Health
Scientists Question Data Behind an Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug
A small biotech company that trumpeted an exciting new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is now under fire for irregularities in…
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World
New DNA Analysis Supports an Unrecognized Tribe’s Ancient Roots in California
In “The Handbook of the Indians of California,” published in 1925, the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber pronounced the Ohlone people “extinct…
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Business
The Latest Covid Misinformation Star Says He Invented the Vaccines
MADISON, Va. — “I haven’t been able to ride a horse in months,” Dr. Robert Malone said from his 50-acre…
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Health
Cuts in Britain Could Cause a Covid Data Drought
The British government on Friday shut down or scaled back a number of its Covid surveillance programs, curtailing the collection…
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Politics
Democrats Agree to Pay $113,000 to Settle Campaign Spending Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic Party have agreed to pay $113,000 in fines to settle…
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Health
Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests
ATLANTA — When the pandemic hit two years ago, the United States faced an acute shortage of reliable Covid-19 tests.…
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Business
These Climate Scientists Are Fed Up and Ready to Go on Strike
Sometimes, Bruce C. Glavovic feels so proud to be an environmental scientist, studying coastal planning and teaching future researchers, that…
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Politics
Justice Dept. Is Set to Modify Trump-Era Program Aimed at Fighting Chinese Threats
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will soon announce changes to the China Initiative, a Trump-era effort to combat Chinese national…
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