The Atlantic |
A Strange Type of Anthrax Is Killing Chimpanzees
The Atlantic Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to The Atlantic Daily, our free weekday email newsletter. When chimps first started to drop dead in front of him, Fabian Leendertz had no idea why. “It's normal for wildlife to hide their weakness until they can't ... |
BBC News |
Yemen conflict: Cholera risk for more than a million children
BBC News More than a million children in Yemen are at high risk of dying from cholera, says Save the Children. The charity warns that the children are severely malnourished, and living in some of the areas of the country worst hit by the disease. The number of ... More than 1 million malnourished children in Yemen at risk of cholera: charity One million children at risk of cholera in Yemen's 'man-made disaster' Yemen struggling under weight of cholera epidemic |
Trump threatened to end health care coverage for members of Congress. Can he?
PolitiFact Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney explained Trump's tweet that bailouts to members of Congress would end soon on CNN on July 29, 2017. Following repeated failed attempts to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump has turned ... |
TIME |
US Scientists Able to Alter Genes of Human Embryos
U.S. News & World Report (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have succeeded in altering the genes of a human embryo to correct a disease-causing mutation, making it possible to prevent the defect from being passed on to future generations. The milestone, published this week in the ... OHSU genetic research that could eliminate diseases faces clinical obstacles US scientists fix disease genes in human embryos for 1st time Embryo Gene-Editing Experiment Reignites Ethical Debate |
CBS News |
How Trump's threat to sink Obamacare could hit you
CBS News The fight over the Affordable Care Act is far from over. The newest front is President Trump's threat to end what he calls "bailouts for insurance companies." What Mr. Trump terms bailouts are called cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs), or payments ... Insurers want to increase premiums by 30 percent or more Court complicates Trump's threat to cut 'Obamacare' funds Pa. has a good Obamacare market -- but not if Trump makes good on threats |