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An Alzheimer’s Drug May Boost Cognition In People With Fragile X Syndrome

An experimental medicine seems to ease symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilities and autism. (Image credit: Richard J. Green/Science Source)

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For Virginia Republicans, Running Their Own Election Hasn’t Gone Smoothly

For months, Republicans have cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election. Now GOP candidates for Virginia governor take issue with their own party-run nominating convention. (Image credit: Ben Paviour/VPM)

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Domestic Abuse Survivors Fear Deportation Under Trump Policy Biden Has Yet To Reverse

Immigrant advocates want those asylum protections restored quickly, erasing Trump-era restrictions. “Women, children, families are being sent back to the very dangers that they fled,” one lawyer says. (Image credit: Kevin D. Liles for NPR)

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Biden Administration Seeks To Build Trust And Diversity Among Federal Scientists

Climate and health policies rely on scientific expertise. But the federal science workforce has been shaped by decades of political interference, underfunding and race and gender bias. (Image credit: Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

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Pfizer-BioNTech Will Start to Ship Smaller Packs of Its COVID-19 Vaccine, In An Effort to Reach More People

Now that every American adult is eligible to get vaccinated, vaccine makers are shifting their priorities to meet the changing needs of people will need to be vaccinated in coming months. On April 29, Pfizer-BioNTech announced that it will begin

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At least 44 dead in stampede at religious festival in Israel

Dozens killed at Jewish religious pilgrimage in Israel – Personal items fill police bags at the Jewish Orthodox pilgrimage site of Mount Meron, where dozens of worshippers were killed in a stampede during the Jewish religious festival of Lag Ba’Omer

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A packed narrow walkway, a slippery metal floor: How the Meron tragedy unfolded

Fatal crushing occurred as large numbers of ultra-Orthodox participants moved through passageway, on an incline, on the exit route from the pilgrimage site

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Florida Legislature Approves Election Reform Bill That Includes Restrictions

It’s the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the measure into law. (Image credit: Lynne Sladky/AP)

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Global leaders, Jewish groups express ‘shock’ and ‘heartbreak’ at Meron tragedy

Messages of solidarity and support pour in from US, Germany, EU, India and beyond

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Lambda School lays off 65 employees amid restructuring

Nearly a year after its last layoff, online coding bootcamp Lambda School just announced more cuts amid a broader structuring. In a blog post, CEO and founder Austen Allred said that the startup, which raised a $74 million Series C

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