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December 11, 2023

Doctor and Self-Exiled Activist Gao Yaojie Who Exposed the AIDS Epidemic in Rural China Dies at 95

(Associated Press) – Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States. Gao’s outspokenness about the … Read More

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December 6, 2023

William P. Murphy Jr., Innovator of Life-Saving Medical Tool, Dies at 100

(New York Times) – Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., a biomedical engineer who was an inventor of the vinyl blood bag that replaced breakable bottles in the Korean War and made transfusions safe and reliable on battlefields, in hospitals and … Read More

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November 27, 2023

Carter’s Journey Highlights Tough Questions About When to Choose Hospice

(Washington Post) – The death of former first lady Rosalynn Carter on Sunday, and the survival of her husband, former president Jimmy Carter, have exposed one of the most achingly difficult questions faced by people with life-threatening illness: when to … Read More

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November 21, 2023

Google Celebrates Surgeon Dr. Victor Chang with a Doodle

(UPI) – Google is celebrating Chinese Australian surgeon Dr. Victor Chang with a Doodle on what would’ve been his 87th birthday. Chang is a pioneer of cardiac and transplant surgery and is most known for the creating the St. Vincent’s … Read More

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November 20, 2023

Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady and Tireless Humanitarian Who Advocated for Mental Health Issues, Dies at 96

(NBC News) – Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady and humanitarian who championed mental health care, provided constant political counsel to her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and modeled graceful longevity for the nation, died Sunday at her home in … Read More

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October 10, 2023

Now Seen as Barbaric, Lobotomies Won Him a Nobel Prize in 1949

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October 9, 2023

The Risks and Promise of Artificial Intelligence According to the “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton

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October 2, 2023

Kariko and Weissman Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Work That Enabled mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19

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September 11, 2023

Ian Wilmut, a British Scientist Who Led the Team that Cloned Dolly the Sheep, Dies at Age 79

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August 1, 2023

Henrietta Lacks Settlement Hailed by Experts as Step Toward Correcting Medicine’s Racist History

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July 31, 2023

How Trauma Became America’s Favorite Diagnosis

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July 28, 2023

‘A Certain Danger Lurks There’: How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI

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July 25, 2023

This Scientist Is Building Custom Gene-Editing Tools–And Stands to Make Billions

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July 24, 2023

The Bulletin Reviews ‘Oppenheimer’

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July 19, 2023

Stanford President to Resign After Investigation Finds He Failed to ‘Decisively and Forthrightly’ Correct Research

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June 20, 2023

Donald Triplett, the 1st Person Diagnosed with Autism, Dies at 89

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June 13, 2023

Harald zur Hausen, 87, Nobelist Who Found Cause of Cervical Cancer, Dies

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May 19, 2023

How I Helped Pfizer Think Through the Ethics of Viagra 25 Years Ago

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May 16, 2023

Amy Silverstein, Who Chronicled a Life of Three Hearts, Dies at 59

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May 16, 2023

Prominent Foe of Female Circumcision Wins Prestigious $1.4 Million Templeton Prize

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May 4, 2023

Yuval Noah Harari Argues That AI Has Hacked the Operating System of Human Civilization

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May 3, 2023

For Eli Lilly’s Head Scientist, Alzheimer’s Results Cap a 25-Year Scientific Quest

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April 11, 2023

‘Better Drugs, Better Health’: A Human Genome Pioneer Talks About the Future of Genetics

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April 3, 2023

The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader

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March 6, 2023

US Disability Rights Activist Judy Jeumann Dies Aged 75

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