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Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents
Click to expand Image The immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Bangkok) – The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said…
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Graft, Gold, and Blackouts: Indonesia Prosecutes Its Own in $278 Million Coal Scandal
After a raid on his home uncovered 74 kilograms of gold and $15 million in cash, former Deputy Attorney General Febrie Adriansyah faces prosecution by his own former agency over a massive coal-procurement scheme linked to widespread power…
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Genetic and sociodemographic factors associated with trajectories of physical and mental health multimorbidity in a South Asian cohort in the UK: A multistate modelling analysis
by Daniel Stow, Ruby S. M. Tsang, Ioanna K. Katzourou, Qinqin Huang, Miriam Samuel, Megan L. Wood, Jack F. G. Underwood, Genes and Health Research Team, The LIfespaN multimorbidity research Collaborative (LINC) , Rupert A. Payne, James T.…
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How to benchmark medical AI agents
by Silas Ruhrberg Estévez, Dyke Ferber, Mihaela van der Schaar, Jakob Nikolas Kather Medical artificial intelligence research is shifting from single-task models toward multimodal large language model-based agents for complex clinical workflows, requiring benchmarks that assess clinical reasoning,…
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Compression therapies for venous leg ulcers: The VENous Ulcer Study 6 (VenUS 6), an open, multicentre, randomised clinical trial
by Catherine Arundel, Charlie Welch, Luke Strachan, Charlie Peck, Ross Atkinson, Una Adderley, Ian Chetter, Nicky Cullum, Tom Davill, Jane Griffiths, Catherine Hewitt, Charlotte Hirst, Katherine Jones, Maartje Kletter, Julie Mullings, Han Phung, Gareth Roberts, Pedro Saramago, Brigid…
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How often can a blood test predict cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
More and more blood tests to screen for cancer are coming on the market, with a new one looking at proteins in the blood helping identify who is at risk to develop lung cancer. Kimmel Cancer Center director…
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Keeping your backyard barbecue free of mosquitoes is possible, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Mosquitoes aren’t just a nuisance, they transmit disease. So when you bring everyone over for a backyard barbeque keeping them away is a priority. Johns Hopkins mosquito expert Christopher Potter says if you’d rather not pass out the…
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Several strategies seem to help in keeping mosquitoes out of your yard, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Outdoor foggers with insecticides of the permethrin class help a lot in keeping mosquitoes from invading your outdoor celebrations in the summer, but if you don’t like inhaling these products Christopher Potter, a mosquito expert at Johns Hopkins,…
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Michael Osterholm on Pandemic Threats, Public Trust, and the Future of Vaccines
Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, one of the world’s leading experts on infectious disease threats and pandemic preparedness, joins The Future of Medicine for a wide-ranging conversation about COVID-19, vaccines, airborne transmission, public trust, and what the world must…
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Rubies decoded: ‘Color is just one piece of the puzzle’
Rare gems shine in new Harvard exhibit
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