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The Dow drops 350 points after Fed chair Jerome Powell signals a slow approach to interest rate cuts
Vinamrata Chaturvedi
In This Story The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped more than 350 points Monday afternoon after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that more interest rate cuts were coming, but that ...[Continue Reading]
Quartz India
3 months ago
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Saturday is the winter solstice. Make the most of the shortest day of the year
Rachel Treisman
Saturday is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It's not only the shortest day of the year, but the official arrival of astronomical winter. "At 4:20 a.m. EST, the solstice marks the beg ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
1 day ago
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Why childhood vaccines are a public health success story
Jessica Hamzelou
Vaccines are estimated to have averted 154 million deaths since the launch of the EPI. That number includes 146 million children under the age of five. Vaccination efforts are estimated to have reduc ...[Continue Reading]
MIT Technology Review
1 day ago
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The CDC Hasnt Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans
by Kavitha Surana, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right ...[Continue Reading]
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'We didn't know she was dead': How an NBC News investigation helped families find answers
Mike Hixenbaugh, Anagilmara Vlchez, Jon Schuppe
After speaking with an NBC News reporter, Leggett reached out to the Health Science Center for answers. Officials gave him a letter indicating his brothers body was used to train anesthesiologists om ...[Continue Reading]
NBC News
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Moderate drinking linked to lower risk of death, but there's a major catch
Marina Kopf, Lauren Dunn
A major report released this week found that compared with abstaining from alcohol, moderate drinking was linked to a lower risk of death from any cause and a lower risk of death from heart disease, ...[Continue Reading]
NBC News
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