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    Is Trump Ready for Bird Flu?

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    President Donald Trump might have campaigned on lowering the prices of groceries, but even as egg prices have become a minor national crisis, he has stayed quiet about the driving…

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    A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities

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    “I personally think that the post–World War II system of big research universities funded heavily by the government will not continue.” That’s how one professor at a big state research…

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    What Is the Full Cost of Dismantling USAID?

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    It took the Trump administration—and, really, Elon Musk—all of 10 days to dismantle USAID, the world’s single largest humanitarian donor. On January 24, a memo from the State Department ordered…

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    The Doctor Who Let RFK Jr. Through

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    Ron Johnson may be the most anti-vaccine lawmaker in Congress; he’s the kind of guy who says he’s “sticking up for people who choose not to get vaccinated” while claiming…

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    ADHD’s Sobering Life-Expectancy Numbers

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    When I was unexpectedly diagnosed with ADHD last year, it turned my entire identity upside down. At 37, I’d tamed my restlessness and fiery temper, my obsessive reorganization of my…