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A Tale of Two Nearly Extinct Giant Salamanders

Barbara Chase -
In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to five feet long and look like strange...
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Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here’s What to Know.

Barbara Chase -
“Domestic cats are actually highly susceptible to avian influenza, and especially H5N1,” said Kristen Coleman, an infectious disease researcher at the University of...
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A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.

Barbara Chase -
The bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the United States, as far as...
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Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms

Barbara Chase -
The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday that he would push for a warning label on social media platforms...
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More Women in Africa Are Using Long-Acting Contraception, Changing Lives

Barbara Chase -
On a busy day at the Kwapong Health Centre in rural Ghana, Beatrice Nyamekye put contraceptive implants into the arms of a half-dozen...
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Pregnant, Addicted and Fighting the Pull of Drugs

Barbara Chase -
Kim Short waited in the doctor’s exam room on an icy day in February, exhausted from the first trimester of pregnancy and trembling...
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Voyager 1, After Major Malfunction, Is Back From the Brink, NASA Says

Barbara Chase -
Several months after a grave computer problem seemed to spell the end for Voyager 1, which for nearly a half century had provided...
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Medical Experts Alarmed by Out-of-Hospital Cesareans in Florida

Barbara Chase -
A new law in Florida allowing doctors to perform cesarean sections in outpatient birthing centers has raised serious safety concerns among medical experts,...
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Edward Stone, 88, Physicist Who Oversaw Voyager Missions, Is Dead

Barbara Chase -
Edward C. Stone, the visionary physicist who dispatched NASA’s Voyager spacecraft to run rings around our solar system’s outer planets and, for the...
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Why a 3-Legged Lion and His Brother Swam Across a Crocodile-Filled River

Barbara Chase -
On a dark night in February, two male lions stood in the shallows of the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, in...
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