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Month: March 2021

‘She will die without this medication’: Toddler’s life hangs in balance after ‘miracle’ drug discontinued

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnetonka family is fighting for the life of their 2-year-old daughter after the announcement that her “miracle” medicine will be discontinued. Doctors diagnosed Emma Peterka in September with an ultra-rare genetic disorder called Niemann Pick Type C, or NPC. “It was absolutely devastating,” said

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Black Fortune 500 executives want companies to fight Republican voting restrictions

Some of the nation’s most prominent Black business leaders are calling out their Fortune 500 peers for their muted response to new laws that restrict voting across the country. Merck chief executive Ken Frazier and Berkshire Hathaway director Kenneth Chenault were among the 72 Black executives who signed a letter released Wednesday challenging other corporate

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Los 50 estados de EE.UU. expandieron o extenderán la elegibilidad para obtener la vacuna contra el covid-19 a todos los mayores de 16 años

(CNN) — Los 50 estados dieron a conocer cuándo planean poner a disposición las vacunas contra el coronavirus para todas las personas elegibles según las autorizaciones de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés). Varios estados ya habilitaron este permiso. Arkansas es el estado

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Transgender rights in the spotlight as Arkansas and Tennessee become latest states to pass anti-trans legislation

LGBTQ advocates are warning that the influx of anti-transgender legislation being proposed in many states will harm trans and nonbinary youth. Twenty-eight states are considering anti-trans bills, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The bills put forth this year predominantly fall into two categories: removing trans girls’ ability to participate in girls’ sports,

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South Dakota’s governor issues executive orders banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem banned transgender girls and women from competing on women’s sports teams at public high schools and colleges via a pair of executive orders issued Monday. The move came after Noem angered conservatives by killing a bill that would have created a similar prohibition. In a news release explaining her

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Descubren un dinosaurio parecido al T.rex con un inusual cráneo que aterrorizó la Patagonia hace 80 millones de años

(CNN) — Paleontólogos en Argentina han identificado una especie de dinosaurio desconocida que habría usado sus enormes garras, su poderosa mordida y su agudo sentido del oído para cazar presas en la Patagonia hace 80 millones de años. Los restos fosilizados del Llukalkan aliocranianus incluyen un cráneo muy bien conservado y sin estar hecho pedazos

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