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A new national report shows which large U.S. cities are leading on policies that address health and well-being, including high-quality, accessible pre-K.

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Keywords: Education, Pre-K, pre-kindergarden, early education

Millions of people from around the world can now witness a rare sight in real time: a Northern Royal Albatross pair nesting and raising their chick. The live views originate from a coastal albatross colony in Otago, on South Island, New Zealand, and are made possible by a new partnership between the country's Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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Keywords: Cornell, Ornithology, New Zealand, Royal Albatross, Bird Cams

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Keywords: Global Health, Health Care, Health, Resources, resource allocation, Empirical Evidence, Theorists, Philosophy, health access, Binghamton, Binghamton University, SUNY Binghamton, State University of New York at Binghamton

H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act passed by the House of Representatives today introduces critically needed and significant steps to reduce costs and improve access to life-saving therapies for conditions including HIV and hepatitis C. Importantly, the legislation also brings essential resources to combat antibiotic resistance, find and develop new infection fighting drugs and bring them to market. The balanced approach of this legislation will serve patients and public health.

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Keywords: HIV Medicine Association, Infectious Diseases Society Of America, HIVMA, Idsa, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, NIH, National Institutes Of Health (NIH), HIV, Hepatitis C, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act , Congress, H.R. 3

Researchers from Michigan State Unviersity are among the first to measure how well law enforcement officers can identify and use digital evidence.

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Keywords: Police, Evidence, smart technology, Crime, Investigate, cop, Cops, Amazon, Apple, crime scene, crime scene evidence

HFES Government Relations Committee Chair, Dr. Mica Endsley, testified yesterday on behalf of the Society during a U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure hearing entitled “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Federal Aviation Administration’s Oversight of the Aircraft’s Certification.”

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Keywords: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Human Factors, Boeing 737, FAA, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Cornell Law School professors Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir Weyble took over Curtis Flowers' appeal to the Supreme Court and won.

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Keywords: Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Brett Kavanaugh , Samuel Alito, Law, Death Penalty, Racism

Leora Lowenthal, LICSW-OSW-C, manager of the oncology social work program at BIDMC, and Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW, OSW-C, provide advice on rethinking holiday traditions and celebrations to capture more peace in the face of a long-term illness.

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Keywords: Cancer, Holidays, Oncology, Social Work

DHS S&T, the White House ONDCP, U.S. CBP, and the USPIS announced the grand prize winner and runner-up in the Opioid Detection Challenge, a $1.55 million global prize competition for rapid, nonintrusive detection tools that will help find illicit opioids in international mail.

Channels: Drugs and Drug Abuse, Government/Law, U.S. Politics,

Keywords: sciene and technology, Law Enforcement, R&D, Opioid, opioid detection

According to the CDC, the suicide rate for individuals 10-24 years old has increased 56% between 2007 and 2017. In comparison to the general population, more than half of people experiencing homelessness have had thoughts of suicide or have attempted suicide, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council reported.

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