The way we remember slavery is changing. One county is taking the lead.
It’s not a statue or an obelisk, but rather three simple, bronze plaques embedded in a walkway that anyone can casually stumble across. They’re called “stumbling stones” and they’re unique in America, ...
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'A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn't': Lessons from Texarkana's 1970 outbreak
In this adapted excerpt from his book Booster Shots (Penguin Random House, 2025), pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner looks at a historical measles outbreak in Texarkana ...
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A Leukemia Diary: Edward Ratner, MD, Advocates for Other Who Have CLL
2015 I am a physician with expertise in internal medicine, geriatrics and palliative care. My wife and I live in Minneapolis, and we have two daughters, now grown, and two grandchildren. I have ...
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Scientists Uncover Bizarre Virus-Like Structures in the Human Body and We Have No Idea What They Are
They call them obelisks — flattened, rod-shaped loops of RNA that challenge fundamental assumptions about what constitutes life. Some researchers have likened it to “fossils from another world.” ...