First human-pig embryos made, then destroyed

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First human-pig embryos made, then destroyed

CNN
(CNN) To grow human organs within animal bodies has long been the dream of scientists wanting to provide transplantable hearts, lungs, kidneys and other organs for patients in need.

CDC’s canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore

Washington Post
It turns out there will be a conference in Atlanta next month about climate change and its effects on public health. It just won’t have the federal government behind it.

The history of the Doomsday Clock as it moves closer to ‘midnight’

Washington Post
The December 1991 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the journal behind the famed Doomsday Clock, was brimming with optimism.

Days Before a Deadline, Trump Team Cancels Ads for Obama Health Plan

New York Times
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is pulling back advertisements that encourage people to sign up for health insurance under former President Barack Obama’s health care law.

New Jersey gives out free baby boxes in move to lower infant mortality rates

CNN
(CNN) Babies born in New Jersey this year will go home with a sturdy, safe box to sleep in and additional newborn essentials — all for free.

Little Girls Doubt That Women Can Be Brilliant, Study Shows

U.S. News & World Report
A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe men are inherently smarter and more talented than women, making girls less motivated to pursue novel activities or ambitious careers.

Ali Larter Speaks Out at Planned Parenthood Rally in Philly

PEOPLE.com
Ali Larter is taking a stand in support of Planned Parenthood and hopes others will follow suit. The actress and author made an appearance at the 2017 Philadelphia Action Forum on Wednesday, along with Cecile Richards, president of the Planned …

Dying with cancer: could your location determine your fate

Local 8 Now
CHICAGO (AP) — Americans in certain struggling parts of the country are dying from cancer at rising rates, even as the cancer death rate nationwide continues to fall, an exhaustive new analysis has found.

What’s Wrong With This Picture? Pregnancy-Test Ad Is Met With Howls of Laughter

Adweek
It’s not that often that a billboard is so absurd that it invites widespread mockery and goes viral in the process. But this one has—a full six years after it was made.

CDC: Rodent virus outbreak could be transmitted to humans

WTSP.com
ATLANTA, Ga. (KTHV) – The Center for Disease Control continues to assist 12 states in investigating an outbreak of the Seoul virus.

‘Automated dermatologist’ detects skin cancer with expert accuracy

CNN
(CNN) Even though the phrase “image recognition technologies” conjures visions of high-tech surveillance, these tools may soon be used in medicine more than in spycraft.

Washington state mumps outbreak: 278 cases reported in 5 counties

CNN
(CNN) Washington state reported Wednesday that there have been 278 confirmed and probable cases of mumps across five counties since October: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane and Yakima.

Students nearly died after being given equivalent of 300 cups of coffee by university

SFGate
A misplaced decimal mark led to two students being mistakenly given the equivalent of 300 cups of coffee last year, as volunteers in a study on the effects of caffeine on exercise.

More Women Are Investing in IUDs after President Trump’s Election

TIME
The number of women who visited their doctor to discuss intrauterine devices (IUDs), a form of long-acting reversible contraception, rose nearly 19% after Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States.

Examining Finland’s tobacco-free plan

Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3
(CNN) – The Finnish government has set an ambitious goal for residents in a bid to benefit their health — and their bank balances.

How LSD Binds to the Brain, and Why Trips Last So Long

Newsweek
It’s always been a bit of a mystery why LSD is such a potent hallucinogen. Unlike most similar drugs, it takes only a very small dose—say around 100 micrograms—to have strong effects that last 12 hours or longer.

Lesbianism Listed As Condition On North Carolina Woman’s Medical Record

Tech Times
In its official statement, the medical facility said its doctors and teams seek information for a better understanding of the patient in order to “treat them holistically.

Living without lungs for six days saves woman’s life

CBS News
In what’s believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors removed the severely infected lungs from a dying woman, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant.

Mold that led to patients’ deaths may have come from linens, UPMC report says

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An internal UPMC report filed Thursday in a civil lawsuit says an investigation found mold at a Clearfield County laundry facility that washes all of its 22 hospitals’ linens, including for UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore hospitals where five

What life was like for a medieval leper

CNN
(CNN) In excavating the medieval site of the St. Mary Magdalen hospital cemetery and chapel in Winchester, England, researchers were looking to genotype a strain of leprosy.

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