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WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she benefited from a program that gave preference to students of color from economically disadvantaged backgrounds when she was admitted over a decade ago to the University of Rochester. As a borrower who still owes just over $20,000 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she benefited from a program that gave preference to students of color from economically disadvantaged backgrounds when she was admitted over a decade ago to the University of Rochester. As a borrower who still owes just over $20,000 […]
State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or later. Citing Slavery Project, Michigan State University hide caption toggle caption Citing Slavery Project, Michigan State University State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or […]
Comment on this storyComment CHICAGO — The purple sandwich boards scattered throughout the historic hotel hosting the annual International Mr. Leather convention bore a stark warning: “MPOX ISN’T GONE.” Health officials and LGBTQ+ organizations treated the convention as an opening salvo in the race to stave off another outbreak of the virus that . . […]
The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak is no longer a global health emergency. Smith Collection/Gado // Getty Images On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak is no longer a global health emergency. The disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was declared a public health emergency of international concern in July 2022 […]
Though autism has been diagnosed for at least 80 years, the new study is the first to put a number on the share of U.S. children who have the most severe version of it. Getty images As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and […]
(CNN) The US government is tracking more than 650 cases of potential cases of so-called “unidentified aerial phenomenon,” commonly known as UFOs, according to the director of the office created last year to focus on the sightings. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, told a Senate Armed Services . . .
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Comment on this story Comment A decade ago, the United States stood on the brink of eliminating the scourge of babies born with syphilis. Now, cases are surging, a phenomenon that is underscoring deep inequities in the nation’s health-care system and reviving concerns about a disease easily controlled with routine antibiotics.
Since identification of SARS-CoV-2 and the ensuing pandemic, epidemiologic studies have shown that COVID-19 outcomes are less severe among children than adults (1–8). Conclusions drawn from published studies on COVID-19 prevalence in the pediatric population have varied (5,9–16), possibly because of differences in mitigation measures, community transmission rates, and case ascertainment practices . . .