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Judge Blocks RFK Jr.’s Changes to Child Vaccine Policy

A federal judge in Boston blocked changes to U.S. vaccine policies championed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images A federal judge Monday dealt a major blow to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul the nation's vaccine policies, including the controversial

Europe’s Iran dilemma: from mediator to marginal player

A debate this week in the European Parliament this week made one thing clear: When it comes to Iran, Europe is struggling to turn concern into influence. Members of Parliament argued over how the EU should respond to the US-Israeli strikes against Iran, a sign of starkly exposed divisions across the bloc and within the EU's own

Supreme Court Expedites Review of TPS for Syrians and Haitians

The U.S. Supreme Court Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from going ahead with plans to deport some 6,000 Syrians and  350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status by Presidents Obama, Biden, and Trump himself in his first administration. But

Stressful People Linked to Faster Biological Aging

You know that colleague you see Monday through Friday? The one who keeps telling you about their relationship drama, monopolizing lunch-break conversation and expecting sympathetic commentary about the same issues every single day? Or what about your dad, who calls with tech questions multiple times a week, then proceeds to criticize your lifestyle but still expects

Single-dose acoziborole could end sleeping sickness

A tsetse fly — their bite can spread the parasite that causes sleeping sickness. Patrick Robert/Corbis/Sygma/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick Robert/Corbis/Sygma/via Getty Images Sleeping sickness is a notorious disease — immortalized in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. A single bite from a tsetse fly carrying the parasite is all it takes to

Odds and Upsets at the 98th Academy Awards

Every year, ahead of the Oscars, movie geeks get to act like sports fans, discussing the Academy Award "race," talking odds and percentages, debating which films and which stars are frontrunners in the cinema Olympics. The 98th Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, March 15, have all the makings of an epic Oscar showdown. Two brilliant, original and

Metropolis: Fritz Lang’s Vision of Machines and Society

Flying vehicles glide between towering glass-and-steel facades, the elite live a life of luxury atop massive skyscrapers. Below, workers toil around the clock to fuel the wealth of the powerful. There, they maintain the machines that run Metropolis — the futuristic city imagined in Fritz Lang's visionary 1927 film, co-created with screenwriter and novelist Thea von Harbou

Hormuz shutdown risks global fertilizer shortfalls and food crisis

The world is naturally fixated on the oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers missing from the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war. After all, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman carries around a fifth of global crude and LNG exports from the Gulf to the rest of the world. The more fragile

Iran conflict risks long-term toxic harm to people and nature

Strikes on oil facilities and missile bases in the US-Israeli war with Iran are raising concerns among experts about a toxic legacy for human health and the environment that could linger long after the fighting ends. Since the conflict began, UK-based nonprofit Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) has identified more than 300 incidents of potential

Tight Race Between CDU and Greens in Baden-Württemberg

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Voting began at 8 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) in the Baden-Württemberg elections, with 7.7 million people eligible to cast ballots This is the first of five regional votes happening across Germany this year Polling suggests a tight race between the conservative
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