Rolling back #health studies on women and people of color risks worsening health outcomes for everyone. Thousands of NIH and NSF grants have been canceled, gutting studies on cancer, HIV, maternal health and more.
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How stripping diversity, equity and inclusion from health care may make Americans sicker
Health disparities cost society billions of dollars, and their effects ripple across communities.
Autoimmune diseases once made pregnancy too risky. Today, planning and care can lead to healthy outcomes.
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Pregnancy brings unique challenges for people with autoimmune diseases – but with early planning, pregnancy outcomes can be greatly improved
Advances in research and medicine have given doctors helpful tools to assess a person’s individual risk and to help prepare them for pregnancy.
Archaeologists are using advanced mapping technology to search for Maronberg, a hidden settlement of escaped slaves on St. Croix that has eluded discovery for centuries.
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Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt
As many as 10% of enslaved people on St. Croix escaped. Where they went has remained a mystery, but scientists are using new mapping technology to ...
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Central bank independence has been a cornerstone of economic stability for a century. Trump’s attempt to oust Lisa Cook is like a wrecking ball through that foundation, according to two political economists.
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Trump’s push to fire Fed governor threatens central bank independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)
Politicians have long coveted control over monetary policy. Good economic governance requires that they don’t get it.
With misinformation nearly everywhere, one professor tested a simple fix of 150 minutes of fact-checking homework – and it worked, boosting the students’ ability to spot misinformation by nearly 20%.
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College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened
Just 2½ hours of online instruction made students a lot better at identifying misinformation on YouTube and TikTok.
Reagan weakened U.S. environmental rules, but Trump is going further — slashing budgets, gutting science offices, and trying to make rollbacks permanent.
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Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact
Both presidents have track records as avid deregulators when it comes to environmental rules on industry, but Trump’s efforts to cast doubt on sc...
Israel says it “values the work of journalists.” But 192 have been killed in Gaza since 2023 (according to the Committee to Protect Journalists). It’s ”part of a longer history of Israeli attempts to silence Palestinian journalists” writes Maha Nassar.
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Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967
Since October 2023, Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nearly 200 journalists. But the targeting of media predates the current conflict.
20 years after #HurricaneKatrina, its lessons are more urgent than ever: Weak coordination kills, the most vulnerable suffer most and professional emergency leadership matters. (Oh, and the Trump Administration wants to eliminate FEMA)
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Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later
The 2005 hurricane was a disaster made worse by a lack of coordination and communication among governments and emergency leadership on the ground.
Part chess match, part circus act: Squash has deep roots in the United States (specifically Philly), and it’s finally headed to the 2028 Olympics.
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2025 US Open Squash Championships returns to Philly, considered the birthplace of squash in America
Philadelphia has become the US epicenter of squash and home to Team USA.
What looks like a gym meetup may be something darker. “Active Clubs” use fitness as a cover for recruiting young white men to the white supremacist cause, organizing cells across the U.S. and beyond.
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Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier
A growing international network of fitness-focused clubs for men is the newest iteration of the white supremacy movement.