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Easier than a blood test, saliva tests have the potential to detect cavities, infections and even cancer. But a lack of insurance coverage and other obstacles stand in the way of wider use.
| Keywords | saliva-testdentistrycancerinfectionoral-healthmedical-researchhealthcareinsurancebiotechdiagnosticsnpryuki-noguchipublic-healthmedicineoncologydetectionpreventative-carehealth-techscience |
Overdose deaths are falling, but America's illicit drug supply is re-engineering itself into lethal cocktails: fentanyl plus stimulants, sedatives, and novel synthetics that hide in party powders and pressed pills. Why it matters: Those polydrug blends — nicknamed "pink cocaine," "rhino tranq," "benzo-dope" and others — are harder to detect, harder to reverse, harder to message against and can even result in the loss of limbs. - That makes recent overdose declines fragile and public-health victories reversible if policy, testing and treatment don't catch up. - "When we crack down on one drug, the market innovates," Sheila Vakharia, managing director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy…
Poland has officially left the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of antipersonnel mines
President Lee Jae Myung gained legitimacy from his predecessor’s conviction. But South Korea’s political polarization is caustic, and could get worse.
| Keywords | south-korealee-jae-myungpoliticselectionpolitical-polarizationasiadiplomacygeopoliticsdemocracygovernmentleadershipstabilityregional-security |
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
“The Late Show” host called the group “kind of like the U.N., except instead of passing binding resolutions, you pass a greasy bag of money to Donald Trump.”
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of "tremendous interest."
| Keywords | trumpdonald-trumpufoufosaliensextraterrestrialspacedisclosurepentagondepartment-of-defenseus-politicsgovernmentnational-securityintelligencemilitaryusanprassociated-press |
Iran held annual military drills with Russia on Thursday as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East.
President Trump had lashed out at former President Barack Obama earlier Thursday for telling a podcaster that aliens were real.
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Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53.
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