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June 19, 2018 6:00 am

Soccer Fans, Don’t Root for a Team Based on Genetics (LeapsMag)

23andMe is taking a lot of heat as one of the DNA aggregators whose databases may not be secure from prying third-party eyes. That is a huge issue, but the company is engaging in even more troubling behavior—using genetics to sponsor racism.

May 31, 2018 9:00 am

Where Did Ireland Go? Abortion Vote Stuns Those on Both Sides (Washington Post)

Divorce is legal. So is same-sex marriage. And now abortion will be, too. Ireland has redefined itself in a remarkably short span of time.

May 29, 2018 5:49 pm

Fewer babies were born in Brazil amid Zika outbreak, study says (CNN)

Researchers led by Marcia C. Castro, a professor of demography at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, used Brazilian data on births, fetal deaths and hospitalizations related to abortion complications during 2010-16 to forecast births from September 2015 to December 2016, the period of the Zika epidemic. Though there were 119,095 fewer births than expected, no changes in fetal deaths or increases in abortion-related hospitalizations were seen.

May 22, 2018 9:00 am

Experimental drugs poised for use in Ebola outbreak (Nature)

International health organizations are in discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo about how and whether to deploy treatments in addition to a vaccine.

May 8, 2018 7:17 pm

Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (CNN)

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, a rare and deadly disease, on Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported. The declaration came after laboratory results confirmed two cases of the disease in the province of Bikoro in the northwestern part of the country.

April 19, 2018 9:00 am

Artificial intelligence must be 'for common good' (BBC News)

The Lords’ report said the UK has the potential to be a leader in developing AI and called on the government to support businesses in the field. It also recommended that people be educated to work alongside AI in the jobs of the future. It said that such education would “mitigate the negative effects” on jobs which are possible as AI develops.

March 2, 2018 9:00 am

The least and most dangerous countries to be a newborn (CNN)

January 4, 2018 9:00 am

Safety concerns derail dengue vaccination program (Science)

Efforts to control dengue suffered a major setback in late November when Sanofi Pasteur announced that its vaccine, the only one on the market, should only be given to those who have already had one infection with the mosquito-borne disease that affects millions of people in the tropics each year.

December 8, 2017 9:00 am

China to roll back regulations for traditional medicine despite safety concerns (Nature)

Scientists fear plans to abandon clinical trials of centuries-old remedies will put people at risk.

November 30, 2017 9:00 am

Sexual harassment: How it stands around the globe (CNN)