Vaccine increase may have saved US from 100,000 deaths by 2020

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Vaccine increase may have saved US from 100,000 deaths by 2020

Deadly cancer-causing measles also reduced by 3% and syphilis by 4% among its exposed population, while rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and colorectal cancer fell A vaccine may have averted more than 100,000…

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An abbreviated history of Edith Wharton, who died in 1916

Written by By Hannah Rimington, CNN Los Angeles Wharton set the standard for Eastern intellectual novels in the 1900s, a period when “America was going through a real intellectual renaissance,” says Michele Girard, a…

Facebook called to court for ‘promoting crime’

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Facebook called to court for ‘promoting crime’

A commission created under India’s social media law held Facebook responsible for hundreds of hate speech postings that a lawyer for the company said turned violent. Facebook, in a highly unusual move, conceded wrongdoing…

Londoners want taxes on fossil fuels increased

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Londoners want taxes on fossil fuels increased

Written by By Staff By Staff Three-quarters of British people want the government to freeze energy prices, but 85% think the government should increase taxes on fossil fuels and companies to take on climate…

State authorities seize another old-timey church in Siberia

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State authorities seize another old-timey church in Siberia

Reuters One of the unruly ghosts of the Cultural Revolution has taken a new, dark turn: The authorities have seized the Old Agora church in Siberia after the seizure of the other surviving Old…