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Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer

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From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all.On Thursday, mission specialists at the...
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Measles Cases in Kansas May Be Linked to Texas Outbreak

Barbara Chase -
Measles cases in Kansas more than doubled in the last week, bringing the tally to 20, while another outbreak in Ohio has sickened...
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H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics

Barbara Chase -
The Trump administration has canceled funding for dozens of studies seeking new vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 and other pathogens that may cause...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Spots Auroras on Neptune for the First Time

Barbara Chase -
The vermilion, amethyst and jade ribbons of the northern and southern lights are some of Earth’s most distinctive features. But our planet doesn’t...
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Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services

Barbara Chase -
The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used...
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U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries but Continue Some H.I.V. and TB Aid

Barbara Chase -
The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children...
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Masaki Kashiwara, Japanese Mathematician, Wins 2025 Abel Prize

Barbara Chase -
Masaki Kashiwara, a Japanese mathematician, received this year’s Abel Prize, which aspires to be the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in math. Dr....
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Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily

Barbara Chase -
Last year, when Andre Rouhani and Gabriela Reyes toured Culdesac Tempe, a rental development outside of Phoenix, the place looked pretty sweet. It...
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At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine

Barbara Chase -
50 States, 50 FixesThe air is filled with birdsong, the land a tableau of soft greens and gentle light. This is Ho‘oulu ‘Āina,...
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For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill

Barbara Chase -
Doctors in West Texas are seeing measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including Robert...
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