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Feb 12 2025BUSINESS

Unpaid Bills and Job Losses: How the Trump Administration's Actions Affect US Businesses

The abrupt halt to the U. S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) operations has left both large and small businesses in the United States facing a serious cash crunch. The freeze on foreign aid has left critical contracts incomplete and unpaid. This halt has led to massive job cuts, wit

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Wake Up to Tralokinumab: Your Secret Weapon

Did you know there's a new player in town for managing atopic dermatitis (AD)? Tralokinumab is a medicine that works by targeting a key inflammatory pathway. Now, the big question was how well it works on different parts of the body. A group of 129 patients with moderate-to-severe

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Feb 11 2025EDUCATION

Mixing It Up: Teaching Without Boundaries

Combining different fields of study could present exciting changes in norms of higher ed in classrooms around the world. Programs that cross multiple fields aren't new, but there's still a lot we don't know about the best ways to weave these disciplines together. This piece zeroes in on the latest

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Feb 11 2025POLITICS

Tariffs: Will Trump make America's steel great again?

The steel and aluminum sectors are buzzing with the latest news from the White House. The American president has announced a significant increase in tariffs in a move that some believe will hurt and some believe will boost the US economy, and those sectors in particular. This is not the first time

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

The Lowdown on Post Transplant Cyclophosphamide

A recent study explored the use of post-transplant high-dose cyclophosphamide (PTCy) in haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from mismatched unrelated donors (MMUD) in patients with acute myeloid malignancies. The research focused on whether PTCy, along with a calcineurine inhibitor and my

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Feb 10 2025TECHNOLOGY

Google's New Pixel 9a: Goodbye Camera Bar, Hello New Look

Google has been teasing changes to its camera design for its upcoming Pixel 9a. This mid-range smartphone is getting a lot of attention for ditching the old camera bar. This move was spotted in leaked case designs. The case images, which are likely official, show the camera cutout on the left. And

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Gaza: Trump's Real Estate Dream

Imagine this: The President of the United States sees Gaza, a place torn apart by war, as a giant plot of land. A place to build and make money. This is what we learned in an interview with Trump on a plane headed to the Super Bowl. Trump said that he didn't want to let people return to G

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Feb 10 2025ENVIRONMENT

The Hidden Dangers of Lake Victoria's Fishermen

Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake and is a vital source of food and income for many communities. It is home to countless artisanal fishers who brave its waters daily. These fishers face many challenges and risks. Researchers wanted to know more about these risks and how they impact the lives

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

What Happens When We Guess Demographics?

Imagine you're trying to figure out someone's background from a list of names and locations which seems very odd, but this happens every day in politics and auditing. This is where demographic prediction comes into play. It's a fancy term for guessing someone's race, ethnicity, or other det

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

Uncovering Hidden Links: Medications During Pregnancy and Childhood Cancer

Researchers have set their sights on a critical question: Do medications taken during pregnancy impact the risk of childhood cancer? This is a big deal because, in wealthy countries, cancer is a major cause of death in kids. The problem is that we don't have much information on how in-utero medicati

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