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Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it's faltering again.
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As colleges and universities strive to protect their campuses from COVID-19, they must also pay attention to cyberattacks…
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The Supreme Court's July 9 ruling that half of Oklahoma belongs to the Muscogee Nation confirms what Indigenous people…
To avoid global warming on a catastrophic scale, nations need to reduce emissions and find ways to pull carbon from the…
A bioengineer explains how a clearer picture of brain structure and function may fine-tune the ways brain surgery attempts…
Scientists have developed and tested a new anti-clotting drug in mice that shows promise for treating heart attacks and…
The percentage of people who die from a coronavirus infection is an important number for public health experts to know.…
The Trump administration has revised CDC health guidelines and undermined its own experts, making it harder for science…
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Mathematically speaking, the Electoral College is built to virtually ensure narrow victories, making it very susceptible…
For US parents, the health, economic and social crisis the COVID-19 pandemic brought about is compounded by the difficult…
Children will probably be OK, especially if their families make sure this elevated level of screen time doesn't turn…
A vaccine that's 70% effective might not be good enough if too few people are willing to be vaccinated, new research…
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has a long history of struggle, protest and resistance to white supremacy and its social…