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A Black Doctor Tried To Diversify Medicine. Then She Lost Her Job. buzzfeednews.com/article/ste… via @stephaniemlee

A Black Doctor Tried To Diversify Medicine. Then She Lost Her Job.

A Black doctor and her trainees risked their careers to accuse their school of systemic racism. It would be a diagnosis with no easy cure.

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The US Government Now Has 400 Official Reports Of UFOs. But Congress Wants You To Know There’s Still No Proof Of Aliens. buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @dvergano

The US Government Now Has 400 Official Reports Of UFOs But Congress Wants You To Know There’s Still...

“Unidentified aerial phenomena are a potential national security threat, and they need to be treated that way,” the committee chairperson said.

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The First Image Of The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy Has Been Unveiled buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @dvergano

The First Image Of The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy Has Been Unveiled

The “gentle giant” at the heart of the Milky Way is a black hole 4 million times the mass of the sun.

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Drug Overdoses Killed More Than 107,000 People In The US In 2021, Marking A New, Tragic Record - buzzfeednews.com/article/dan…

Drug Overdoses Killed More Than 107,000 People In The US In 2021, Marking A New, Tragic, Record

“The pandemic has just poured fuel on the fire of the overdose epidemic,” one expert said.

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The Abortion Debate Highlights Challenges People Face To Get Their Tubes Tied buzzfeednews.com/article/kat… via @camerokt_

The Abortion Debate Highlights Challenges People Face To Get Their Tubes Tied

People who want tubal ligations often face serious obstacles, and it’s been a persistent problem even in post-Roe America.

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Trump Showed How Easy It Is To Break The EPA. It's Much Harder To Fix It.buzzfeednews.com/article/zah… via @Zhirji28

Trump Showed How Easy It Is To Break The EPA. It's Much Harder To Fix It.

“The EPA is still in crisis,” one environmentalist said.

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Climate Change Is Making Extreme Heat More Dangerous. Here’s How To Stay Safe. buzzfeednews.com/article/ale… via @buzzfeed

Extreme Heat Can Be Deadly. Here’s How To Stay Safe.

“Climate change is killing people today, to put it as bluntly as possible,” one expert said.

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College Football Teams With Black Coaches May Be Penalized More Than Those With White Coaches, A Study Suggests buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @dvergano

College Football Referees Penalized Teams With Black Coaches More Often Than Those With White...

College football teams with Black coaches average around five to seven more penalties per season than teams with white coaches, regardless of team or school quality.

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The WHO Has Nearly Tripled Its Estimates Of The Pandemic’s Death Toll buzzfeednews.com/article/pet… via @paldhous

The WHO Has Nearly Tripled Its Estimate Of The Pandemic’s Death Toll

The UN’s health agency has embraced statistical methods that put the true toll of the pandemic at around 15 million. Will it shock nations that are denying the severity of COVID-19 into action?

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This Activist Group Tapped Into Partisan COVID Politics To Make Big Trouble For Anthony Fauci And The NIH buzzfeednews.com/article/pet… via @paldhous

This Activist Group Tapped Into Partisan COVID Politics To Make Big Trouble For Anthony Fauci And...

The White Coat Waste Project has pulled the “lab leak” strings and channeled right-wing anger over COVID to pursue its goal of defunding animal experiments backed by the federal government.

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Long COVID Patients Feel Gaslighted, Ignored, And Dismissed By Medical Professionals buzzfeednews.com/article/kat… via @camerokt_

Long COVID Patients Feel Gaslighted, Ignored, And Dismissed By Medical Professionals

Long COVID can be debilitating and occurs in up to 30% of people who have had the coronavirus, but the people experiencing it often find that doctors dismiss, ignore, or downplay their unusual...

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Biden Goes Big On COVID Pills For Pharmacies Nationwide buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @dvergano

Biden Is Going Big On COVID Pills For Pharmacies Nationwide

Paxlovid pills are now widely offered at pharmacies through Biden’s “test to treat” plan, as COVID cases are beginning to mount again in the US.

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HIV, Homelessness, And Politics Are Colliding In West Virginia’s Capital. Again. buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @dvergano

Here’s How Homelessness And Politics Meet Amid An HIV Outbreak In One US City

“We are the capital of pain.”

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The EPA Unions Want Science Protected Against Another Trump buzzfeednews.com/article/zah… via @Zhirji28

EPA Employees Want To Put Protections Against Attacks On Science Into Their Union Contract

“We are looking to be the first union in the nation to have a scientific integrity article in our contract.”

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We Might Be Looking At COVID “Seasons” For Years To Come buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @camerokt_ & @dvergano

We Might Be Looking At COVID “Seasons” For Years To Come

“I know everybody wants great news, that we can be done with COVID and everything’s gonna be fine, but that’s not really true.”

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Talking About Climate Change Is Depressing. Does It Have To Be? buzzfeednews.com/article/syd… via @buzzfeed

Talking About Climate Change Is Depressing. It Doesn’t Have To Be.

One of society’s greatest threats often instills fear and hopelessness in readers, but journalism can offer new possibilities through language use and framing.

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“It’s Now Or Never”: The Next Three Years Are Crucial To Preventing The Worst Impacts Of Climate Change buzzfeednews.com/article/zah… via @Zhirji28

“It’s Now Or Never”: The Next Three Years Are Crucial To Preventing The Worst Impacts Of Climate...

“We are on a fast track to climate disaster,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said.

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How Long Do Boosters Last? Here’s The Deal On Whether You Need Another One. buzzfeednews.com/article/kat… via @camerokt_

How Long Do Boosters Last? Here’s The Deal On Whether You Need Another One.

Now that months have passed since getting boosted against COVID, you may be wondering if the shot is still protecting you. Here’s everything experts do — and don’t — know.

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NC State researchers working with @BuzzFeedNews have released an extensive Covid vaccine distribution dataset - shipment and wastage data from Jan to March 2021 (paper) - pubsonline.informs.org/doi/1… (news release) - news.ncsu.edu/2022/04/covid-…
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Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Reported Poisoning Symptoms After Engaging In Recent Talks buzzfeednews.com/article/dan… via @dvergano

Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Reported Poisoning Symptoms After Engaging In Recent Talks

Two negotiators and a Russian oligarch mediating the talks suffered eye irritation and peeling skin on their faces, according to news reports.

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