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President Gerald Ford’s pardon of former President Richard Nixon 50 years ago is seen as a damaging precedent establishing presidential impunity. Now, the Supreme Court has affirmed that impunity.
Iowa and Idaho have passed abortion trafficking laws that stop people from helping minors get abortions. These laws open the door for questions about the right to travel to get an abortion.
Researchers developed a new mouse model that replicates long COVID-19 more accurately than current models. Their findings could lead to new treatments.
Voter turnout among young people is historically low in the United States. And there is indication that a relatively small percentage of young voters could cast their ballot in November.
O número de pacientes que receberam prescrição de terapia hormonal despencou após 2002, devido a descobertas que os especialistas questionaram desde então. Com uma melhor compreensão, mais e mais pessoas estão usando esses tratamentos.
Researchers found a sharp rise in calls to US poison centers about magic mushrooms coincided with their decriminalization in several US cities and states.
The more ambivalent a person is about a political issue, the more likely they are to support violence and other extreme actions relating to that issue.
The number of patients prescribed hormonal therapy plummeted after 2002, due to findings experts have since questioned. With better understanding, more and more people are using these treatments.