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Ohio governor signs extreme anti-abortion bill
Sexist, dehumanizing laws that play with restricting access to legal abortion are becoming more and more common.
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Rogues gallery—the Trump transition in disarray
The rollout of the new cabinet of president-elect Donald Trump continues.
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California propositions yield a mishmash of progress and reaction
Eight to nine million votes were cast on 17 different ballot initiatives that ranged from legalizing marijuana to maintaining Medi-Cal…
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Healthy longevity for Cuba’s older adults
Walking the streets of Cuba, one notices the large number of people over the age of 60. According to estimates,…
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Houston activists challenge unhealthy McDonald’s in Children’s Hospital
Activists in Houston are fighting to stop Texas Children’s Hospital and Ben Taub Hospital from renewing contracts with McDonald’s.
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Cuban doctors helped to end Ebola in Liberia
The World Health Organization declared the end of the most recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia on…
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Broad coalition takes on Missouri’s HIV criminalization law
The vilification and criminalization of disease is only possible in the most polarized society.
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Outside Supreme Court, mass protest denounces HB2 as sexist sham
An important rally for women’s rights took place March 2 outside the Supreme Court during oral arguments in Whole Woman’s…
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#WeWontGoBack: WORD statement on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade
We take the time to remember what life was like before Roe, and the many thousands of people who fought…
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Cuba, not Britain, pioneered Meningitis B vaccinations
Is Britain really the pioneer in meningitis B vaccinations? Not even close: they missed by about 30 years.
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