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Cuts to the EPA’s Funding Cuts Out the Prioritization of Human Health

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Cuts to the EPA’s Funding Cuts Out the Prioritization of Human Health

March 20, 2017

"The decreased budget signifies a direct threat to the environment, quality of air and water, and thus human health."

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Broad Institute issued CRISPR patent after dispute

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Broad Institute issued CRISPR patent after dispute

March 19, 2017

"MIT Scientists Emerge as Winners after CRISPR patent dispute"

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Constructing the “Perfect Baby” Could Be Possible with New Prenatal Test

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Constructing the “Perfect Baby” Could Be Possible with New Prenatal Test

March 16, 2017

"Some practices offer full-genome sequencing on fetuses, which, in time, could lead to the abuse of NIPT to create 'designer babies.'"

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Giving Voice to Beneficence

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Giving Voice to Beneficence

March 10, 2017

"We can protect academic freedom but to exercise such freedom is to wield power we cannot ignore or vacate."

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Gun Control in Two Realms

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Gun Control in Two Realms

March 9, 2017

"We must consider whether we are trying to protect individual liberty or a shared liberty for all.

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Publication Ethics: A Return to Science for Science’s Sake

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Publication Ethics: A Return to Science for Science’s Sake

March 4, 2017

"The scientific method is not always aligned with widespread scientific practice."

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Supply of Physicians for Assisted-Suicide Dwindles

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Supply of Physicians for Assisted-Suicide Dwindles

March 3, 2017

"Many doctors in Canada no longer willing to perform physician-assisted suicide."

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WHO Publishes List of Top-Priority Pathogens

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WHO Publishes List of Top-Priority Pathogens

March 2, 2017

"The World Health Organization published a list of the world’s twelve top-priority pathogens this week."

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Cassandra

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Cassandra

March 1, 2017

"She was a child who faded in with background, her opinion on her own health irrelevant."

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FDA Approves Emflaza to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Sparking Concerns Over Pricing

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FDA Approves Emflaza to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Sparking Concerns Over Pricing

February 28, 2017

"FDA approves drug to treat the most common type of muscular dystrophy."

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Explaining the End

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Explaining the End

February 25, 2017

"Perhaps the trick to understanding suicide, and death alike, is that we need not know all the answers."

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Marathon Pharmaceuticals Pauses Commercialization of $89,000 Drug

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Marathon Pharmaceuticals Pauses Commercialization of $89,000 Drug

February 24, 2017

"Even following price reductions, Marathon’s drug is a 4,400 percent markup."

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Roller Coaster

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Roller Coaster

February 23, 2017

"These moments of experience are meant to show how much of a roller coaster disease and illness have been.

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Dear PCOS

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Dear PCOS

February 22, 2017

"There is no rush to live for the next moment when I am already in a good one.

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You get to Choose Whether It Takes Your Agency

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You get to Choose Whether It Takes Your Agency

February 20, 2017

"Flood, an emphatic and enthusiastic speaker, shared his journey: his life without and with cancer.

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Thyroid Disease: A Silent Affliction

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Thyroid Disease: A Silent Affliction

February 19, 2017

"These diseases remain silent- unnoticed by the public eye and untouched by researchers."

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WHO Estimates Ebola Vaccine Available by 2018

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WHO Estimates Ebola Vaccine Available by 2018

February 19, 2017

"Highly effective Ebola vaccination could be available soon."

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USDA Removes Animal Welfare Records from Website

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USDA Removes Animal Welfare Records from Website

February 18, 2017

"Animal rights advocates are concerned the change will lead to more abuse."

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Take in the Good with the Bad: Syrian Refugees and Their Stories

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Take in the Good with the Bad: Syrian Refugees and Their Stories

February 17, 2017

"You must take in the good with the bad - otherwise you risk losing yourself”

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Cancer & Comedy: A Journey of Survival and Self-Discovery

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Cancer & Comedy: A Journey of Survival and Self-Discovery

February 17, 2017

"Harvest positivity and hold onto hope with humor."

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