Philippine health officials on Friday confirmed a second case of polio in a 5-year-old child a day after declaring the country’s first outbreak in nearly two decades, and announced plans for a massive immunization program. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said authorities confirmed the new case in a boy from Laguna province south of Manila […]
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Actor Geena Davis has been working for years to settle debates about fair representation of women and girls on screen — particularly in children’s programming — using simple math. Early this summer it paid off. An analysis of the numbers collected by computer software using the “GD-IQ” — Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient — revealed that women
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There are times in life, maybe a handful, when everything changes. A moment, simple or world shattering, slanting the past, shaping all still to come. There are people who have the same effect, someone so generous, so genuine, so joyful, meeting them transforms perspective. Amy Bockerstette is one of those people. Playing one hole of
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In widely circulated remarks this week, Jimmy Carter, the longest-living president in United States history, weighed in on a range of issues, including the appropriate age for a commander in chief, Democrats’ 2020 prospects and the relative merits of various nut products. Perhaps most memorably, Mr. Carter, 94, speaking on Tuesday at the Carter Center
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Image copyright Getty Images The tax on sugary drinks has led to their sugar content falling by 29%, Public Health England figures show. However, efforts to persuade manufacturers to voluntarily cut sugar in their foods by a fifth, by next year, are way off target. The amount of sugar in the food we buy in
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Image copyright Getty Images Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are to host This Morning for the first time in 18 years, ITV has announced. The married couple, who fronted the daytime show for over a decade, will return next month to fill in for regular hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. Richard and Judy said:
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The F.B.I. has used secret subpoenas to obtain personal data from far more companies than previously disclosed, newly released documents show. The requests, which the F.B.I. says are critical to its counterterrorism efforts, have raised privacy concerns for years but have been associated mainly with tech companies. Now, records show how far beyond Silicon Valley
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Graham Rahal is grateful for most of the genes he inherited from his father, champion race car driver Bobby Rahal. The one gene he could have gone without? His large frame. Rahal is the largest driver in IndyCar and revealed this week he’s undergoing body contouring treatments in his battle with the bulge. He’s had
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But she also said she was interested in Ms. Warren and wanted to hear her speak. Jiego Lim, an 18-year-old student at the University of Nevada, Reno, who was volunteering at Mr. Sanders’s event there, said he supported Mr. Sanders but was also intrigued by Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Kamala Harris. “I feel like
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South Korea said Friday that it is investigating more suspected cases of African swine fever in farms near its border with North Korea, as fears grow over the spread of the illness that has decimated pig herds across Asia. South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Gyeonggi provincial government said officials
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