Scott Neuman

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Thanks partly to the pandemic, Donald Trump has dropped off the Forbes 400 list

Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Trump, who has reportedly long been obsessed with his ranking on the annual list, has lost $600 million since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the magazine says.

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As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics

Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.

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New Study Finds More Than A Third Of COVID-19 Patients Have Symptoms Months Later

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The symptoms, such as headache, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, persist or recur months after diagnosis, far more often than they do for the flu, researchers say.

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Tunisia's New Prime Minister Is The 1st Woman To Lead A Government In The Arab World

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Najla Bouden Ramadhane, a university engineer with no political background, has been appointed by President Kais Saied to fill the post, which has been vacant since July.

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Local Governments In Poland Rescind Anti-LGBT Resolutions, Fearing Loss Of EU Funding

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

In 2019, more than 100 provinces and municipalities in Poland passed resolutions declaring they were "LGBT-free." They're backing down as the EU warns it will cut off funding to local governments.

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Women Are Barred From Attending Kabul University For Now, Says The School Chancellor

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Taliban-appointed Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat said in a tweet that female students will need to stay at home until a "real Islamic environment" is created. He did not provide a timeline or other details.

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The DEA Is Warning Of A Rise In Overdose Deaths From Fake Drugs Laced With Fentanyl

Monday, September 27, 2021

In its first public safety alert in six years, the Drug Enforcement Administration says many counterfeit prescription drugs sold online contain a potentially lethal dose of the opioid.

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Hacked Facebook Account Of Ousted Afghan President Calls For Cooperation With Taliban

Monday, September 27, 2021

A Facebook page reportedly called on the international community to "extend a hand of friendship" to the Taliban. But Ashraf Ghani's verified Twitter page said the Facebook account had been hacked.

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Sumo Grand Champion Hakuho Will Retire At 36, Citing His Age And Injuries

Monday, September 27, 2021

The Mongolian-born wrestler, who has won a record 45 grand sumo tournament titles, announced his decision to retire to the Japan Sumo Association on Monday.

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Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Lived In The Americas Earlier Than Once Thought

Friday, September 24, 2021

A team of scientists dated the footprints along an extinct lake bed in New Mexico and found them to be between 21,000 and 23,000 years old — far older than reliable evidence has suggested to date.

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The 1st Black Woman To Pilot A Spacecraft Says Seeing Earth Was The Best Part

Friday, September 24, 2021

Sian Proctor, who lifted off earlier this month with three crewmates on the first all-civilian space launch, tells NPR that she "couldn't get enough" of the view from orbit.

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Flying Microchips The Size Of A Sand Grain Could Be Used For Population Surveillance

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Northwestern University says these are the world's smallest human-made flying structures, and they could be used for monitoring the environment, population surveillance or disease tracking.

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Boris Johnson Urges World Leaders To Act With Renewed Urgency On Climate Change

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the British prime minister said the global community needs to "listen to the warnings of the scientists."

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Birds Thrived Where Humans Feared To Tread During The Pandemic, Scientists Say

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

A new study shows that as people mostly remained indoors during lockdowns last year, many bird species found less noisy and polluted cities more inviting.

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The Taliban Want A Chance To Address The U.N. That's Unlikely To Happen Soon

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Afghanistan's new rulers have asked for United Nations recognition so they can address the current General Assembly session. But the U.N. credentials committee is unlikely to move that quickly.

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Mars Had Liquid Water On Its Surface. Here's Why Scientists Think It Vanished

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

A new study indicates that the relatively low mass of Mars allowed most of its water to be lost to space billions of years ago, rather than retained on its surface.

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Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, died in London weeks after drinking tea that was later found to have been laced with the deadly radioactive compound polonium-210.

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Trudeau's Liberals Win Canada Election, But Miss The Majority In Parliament

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau narrowly won reelection on Monday, but he fell short of his goal of winning an outright majority for his Liberal Party.

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The Biden Administration Is Fighting In Court To Keep A Trump-Era Immigration Policy

Monday, September 20, 2021

A rarely used U.S. code pertaining to public health was invoked during the pandemic by the Trump White House to expel asylum-seekers. The Biden White House wants to keep it.

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Spewing Volcano Shouldn't Put Off Visitors To La Palma, Says Spain's Tourism Minister

Monday, September 20, 2021

Despite the eruption on the Canary island that has sent thousands fleeing, including some 500 tourists, Spain's tourism minister said visitors should stay and "enjoy what nature has brought us."

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