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April 4, 2018 9:00 am

DEA’s opioid crackdown brings arrests of prescribers, pharmacists (Washington Post)

The Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 28 drug prescribers and pharmacists, and revoked the licenses of 147 people who handle controlled substances, as part of a nationwide crackdown on the illegal use and distribution of opioids and other prescription medications, the Justice Department announced Monday.

March 28, 2018 9:00 am

How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’ (The New York Times)

In 1942, the anthropologist Ashley Montagu published “Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race,” an influential book that argued that race is a social concept with no genetic basis. A classic example often cited is the inconsistent definition of “black.” In the United States, historically, a person is “black” if he has any sub-Saharan African ancestry; in Brazil, a person is not “black” if he is known to have any European ancestry. If “black” refers to different people in different contexts, how can there be any genetic basis to it?

March 2, 2018 9:00 am

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

January 2, 2018 9:00 am

Retirement home shut down months after attack on 86-year-old (CNN)

December 29, 2017 9:00 am

Doctor faces charges over opioid prescriptions and 5 patient deaths (CNN)

A Pennsylvania doctor charged with causing the deaths of five patients by unlawfully prescribing opioids surrendered his license to prescribe controlled substances at a federal court hearing.

December 22, 2017 9:00 am

Ohio bill would prohibit abortions in Down syndrome cases (CNN)

The bill prohibits abortions after tests reveal Down syndrome in a fetus or if there’s “any other reason to believe” the fetus has the genetic condition. A person performing an abortion in such a case could face a fourth-degree felony charge, and physicians could lose their licenses. The woman seeking the abortion would not be held accountable, according to the bill.

December 20, 2017 9:00 am

He was a renowned surgeon — until a doctor found his initials burned on a patient's liver (Washington Post)

Simon Bramhall, 53, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of assault by beating after he burned his initials into two of his patients’ organs in 2013.

December 15, 2017 9:00 am

A Chinese province is collecting DNA and iris scans from all its residents (Business Insider)

Authorities in the Chinese province of Xinjiang have begun collecting DNA and biometrics from all its residents, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday.

December 7, 2017 9:00 am

'Thanksgiving miracle': Baby denied kidney receives transplant (CNN)

Two-year-old AJ Burgess received a new kidney Wednesday after a prolonged battle with hospital officials who postponed his original October surgery when his father, a perfect donor match, violated his parole and was arrested.

October 10, 2017 9:00 am

Knowingly infecting others with HIV is no longer a felony in California. Advocates say it targeted sex workers. (Washington Post)

California lawmakers have passed legislation to reduce the penalty for those who knowingly or intentionally expose others to HIV without their knowledge, rolling back a law that mostly affected sex workers. The bill, SB 239, which was approved by the Democrat-controlled state legislature in September and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on Friday, will lower the charges for these acts from a felony to a misdemeanor when the law goes into effect in 2018.