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A meningitis outbreak in southeast England has led to the deaths of a university student and a pupil from a nearby school. The outbreak has prompting public health officials to ...

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America excels at reacting to crisis, but it fails to address the biological and social conditions that create those crises in the first place. This is not a failure of American doctors. It is a ...

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Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with each other to form tissues, organs, and organize their overall body plan.