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Front lines of America’s fentanyl crisis On the front lines of America’s fentanyl crisis 04:24 About one in three Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose, according to a new survey. More than 2,300 adults responded to the survey, which was conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
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Gunmen killed a high-ranking member of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel wanted by the United States for drug trafficking, a source in the Sinaloa state government said Friday, confirming Mexican media reports. Eliseo Imperial Castro, alias “Cheyo Antrax,” was the nephew of cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. Both are U.S. fugitives and the State Department
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At one day care center in Dnipro, Ukraine, children may only attend a nearby primary school in person for two to three hours at a time to protect their safety. Then, they must return to the church-run center to finish their studies so another shift of children can rotate into the school for classes. This
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Little, Brown & Co. We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. “Eruption” (to be published June 3 by Little, Brown & Co.), Michael Crichton’s thriller about a massive volcanic eruption in Hawaii, was unfinished when the “Jurassic Park” author died in 2008; more than 15 years later, James Patterson,
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All systems are “go” for a second attempt to launch Boeing’s oft-delayed Starliner crew ship Saturday on a long-awaited test flight to the International Space Station, the capsule’s first with astronauts aboard, NASA managers said Friday. “From a station standpoint, from our crew, from our ground teams, we are ready to go fly this mission,”
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Some 4.8 million doses of flu vaccine are now being prepared for use in response to the growing U.S. outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, officials say. The order for the doses to be filled into vials comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a growing number of human
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Ahead of a key meeting Tuesday to weigh the potential approval of midomafetamine, or MDMA, for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing a new set of restrictions on how eligible patients would be able to get the drug. Details of the FDA’s proposal were published Friday in a set
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted the earliest and most distant galaxy known to researchers, according to a news release from the space agency. The galaxy was spotted as astronomers and scientists studied what’s known as “Cosmic Dawn,” or the era right after the Big Bang when early galaxies were formed. Early galaxies can tell
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A small, seemingly unremarkable fern that only grows on a remote Pacific island was on Friday crowned the Guinness World Record holder for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth. The New Caledonian fern, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has more than 50 times more DNA packed into the nucleus of its cells than humans
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Google on Thursday admitted that its AI Overviews tool, which uses artificial intelligence to respond to search queries, needs improvement. While the internet search giant said it tested the new feature extensively before launching it two weeks ago, Google acknowledged that the technology produces “some odd and erroneous overviews.” Examples include suggesting using glue to
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