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UMN's new device could make at-home cancer treatments easier

UMN's new device could make at-home cancer treatments easier

A new device from the University of Minnesota Medical School may make it easier to monitor certain types of at-home, oral treatments for cancer patients — a technology that may have benefited Carlin and her mother.
by Associated Press

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A Beautiful World: Europe bans single-use plastic

A Beautiful World: Europe bans single-use plastic

In an environmentally historic vote, the European Parliament has moved to ban single-use plastic products across Europe. This ban outlaws plastic bags, straws, plates, cups, drink stirrers and cotton swabs.
by Heather McElhatton

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Defying parents, a teen decides to get vaccinated

Defying parents, a teen decides to get vaccinated

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he's 18, and he's finally getting his shots.
by Amanda Morris

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How to demand a medical breakthrough: lessons from the AIDS fight

How to demand a medical breakthrough: lessons from the AIDS fight

When the AIDS crisis started in the 1980s, the official response was tepid. Then activists channeled their anger into into one of the most effective protest movements in recent history.
by Nurith Aizenman

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To halt HIV, advocates push for PrEP outreach to black women

To halt HIV, advocates push for PrEP outreach to black women

After gay and bisexual men, black women are the group at highest risk for HIV transmission. Here's how women are teaching each other about the most effective ways to prevent infection.
by Heather Boerner

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Living near your grandmother has evolutionary benefits

Living near your grandmother has evolutionary benefits

Humans are evolutionary oddballs for living long past our reproductive prime. New research explains how grandmothers might be the reason why.
by Jonathan Lambert

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Avoiding the ouch: Scientists are working on ways to swap the needle for a pill

Avoiding the ouch: Scientists are working on ways to swap the needle for a pill

A lot of vaccines and some medications need to be delivered by injection. Two groups of researchers are designing ways of delivering these medications by putting them in pill form.
by Joe Palca

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APM Reports: In cities on the Great Lakes, water pipes are crumbling and poor people are paying the price

APM Reports: In cities on the Great Lakes, water pipes are crumbling and poor people are paying the price

Americans are struggling to afford their rising water bills, and thousands of poor families have had their service shut off. This growing crisis has a dark irony: It's especially acute in a region where water is most abundant -- the Great Lakes.

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With anti-abortion push, Trump woos evangelicals again

With anti-abortion push, Trump woos evangelicals again

With a fierce denunciation of late-term abortions, President Trump is making a move to re-energize evangelical voters whose support will be vital in heading off any possible 2020 primary challenge.
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