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Opinion: Why new free Covid-19 tests are important |  CNN

Opinion: Why new free Covid-19 tests are important | CNN

Editor’s note: Dr. Megan Ranney is associate dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and professor of emergency medicine at the university’s Warren Alpert Medical School. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more reviews on CNN. CNN — On Thursday, President Joe Biden announcement that the United States Postal Service …

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Proposed utility-sized solar farm in Yellow Medicine County, western Minnesota

Proposed utility-sized solar farm in Yellow Medicine County, western Minnesota

GRANITE FALLS – A renewable energy company with solar and wind projects in 23 states is interested in developing a utility-sized solar farm in Yellow Medicine County. Scout Clean Energy LLC of Boulder, Colorado, is negotiating with landowners for a planned solar farm that could cover 1,200 to 1,600 acres and produce 150 to 200 …

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Chinese lock themselves in and hoard drugs for fear of a new wave of covid

Chinese lock themselves in and hoard drugs for fear of a new wave of covid

Comment this story Comment Just over a week after China began dismantling its ‘zero covid’ policy, signaling the end of nearly three years of massive lockdowns, families in big cities are fleeing their newfound freedom and instead retreating with stocks medicines and home remedies, for fear of a devastating wave of infections. The latest change …

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Why Wellcome closed its Medicine Man exhibition - and others should follow suit

Why Wellcome closed its Medicine Man exhibition – and others should follow suit

In November, the Wellcome Collection closed its Medicine Man gallery. In a Twitter feedthey acknowledged that “posting still perpetuates a version of medical history based on racist, sexist and ableist theories and language”. Medicine Man told the story from a narrow, Eurocentric point of view. So the Wellcome’s decision to redesign its gallery is not …

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Opinion: I almost died last year from an entirely preventable medical condition |  CNN

Opinion: I almost died last year from an entirely preventable medical condition | CNN

Editor’s note: Alice Paul Tapper, 15, is a sophomore in Washington, DC. She is the daughter of CNN’s Jake Tapper. The opinions expressed in this comment are his own. See more opinions on CNN. CNN — I almost died around Thanksgiving last year, and it was completely preventable. It started on a weekend in November …

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Here are Houston's top health tech innovation stories of the year

Here are Houston’s top health tech innovation stories of the year

Editor’s note: As 2022 draws to a close, InnovationMap looks back on the year’s top innovation stories from Houston. In Houston, home to the world’s largest medical center, health tech and innovation news abounds – from startups named among the most promising by investors to new details about the Texas Medical Center expansion. Here are …

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