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A Sales Tax on Doctor Visits and Medicine? In Missouri, Some Worry
ST. LOUIS — Missouri healthcare advocate Leslie Ortbals and her husband want to start a family, but she worries they can’t afford it. The 27-year-old
Qatar rejects Israeli reports of military action against Iran
Qatar has rejected Israeli media reports claiming the Qataris agreed to participate in military action against Iran.
Sadiq Khan joins House of Lords as outgoing UK PM names 26 new peers
PM Keir Starmer’s final honours list also includes campaigners, military leaders and senior civil servants.
Former Italian motorway chief sentenced over bridge collapse
The former CEO of Italy’s main highway operator has been given 12 years in prison.
Young Galaxy Cluster
In the Picture of the Month from the James Webb Space Telescope, we are taken on a visit to a building site of significant scale.
Targeting CMPK2-intervened redox metabolism to mitigate hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury
HIRI is a major clinical challenge that occurs when blood supply to the liver is temporarily interrupted and then restored, as commonly seen in liver
Researchers identify immune cell receptor that drives organ aging process
We may age at different rates, but none of us escapes aging. A study in mice and in human cells by Stanford Medicine researchers pins
Specialized dendritic cells found to coordinate antitumor immunity
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the immune cell that acts as the architect and coordinator of powerful immune
Blood-based gene tests show promise for pancreatic cancer screening
Researchers at Kanazawa University report the blood-based gene expression tests may enable early pancreatic cancer screening and improve long-term survival.
Brain signals explain speech communication differences in autistic children
Why do some children with autism communicate more easily than others, even when they hear the same words?
One man’s hunger strike changed India’s map. Can it still change politics?
Why hunger strikes still shape Indian politics, from Gandhi to Sonam Wangchuk.
At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died
The same area devastated by floods last year’s floods, which caused more than 130 deaths, is once again being hit.
I thought we’d grow old together, says band leader whose girlfriend died in Thai bar inferno
Athipat Wichan tells BBC Thai he regrets bringing his girlfriend Nahathai into his indie band Thotsakan.