HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– Results of a new study at the University of Haifa have found no difference in the risk of developing schizophrenia between second-generations Holocaust survivors and those whose parents were not exposed to the Holocaust. However, an examination of various sub-groups showed that second-generation survivors whose parents were babies during the Holocaust are […]
This article updates previous BERKELEY, California (Press) — Responding to pressure from dozens of Jewish and education advocacy organizations, who over the past few weeks have individually and on Tuesday collectively objected to a blatantly anti-Israel and anti-Semitic course currently being offered, UC Berkeley announced it will suspend the course because it was not adequately vetted
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASANTA CRUZ, California – Forty-three Jewish and education advocacy groups on Tuesday, Sept. 13, demanded that UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks take immediate steps to overhaul the course review process that allowed a student-taught, credit bearing course entitled “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis” to be offered this semester. Not only is the course in clear
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — When it comes to the 2016 presidential race, health matters. While Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia likely isn’t as serious or life-threatening as some of the maladies that afflicted candidates and past presidents, many political observers and presidential experts think that she and Donald Trump have an obligation to be more transparent about their health.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Samburu County of northern Kenya has opened the first community owned and managed elephant orphanage in Africa. The Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is situated in the remote Mathews Range, among Kenya’s second largest elephant population. It will take in orphaned and abandoned elephant calves, with an aim
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareA third century epitaph for a Jewish woman living in Egypt has recently been translated, after its discovery in a Utah library. The limestone tablet had been labeled as a Coptic artifact for years until it was translated by Lincoln H. Blumell, an associate professor at Brigham Young University, who published his findings this month.
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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USADemocratic nominee Hillary Clinton canceled a trip Monday to California for a series of campaign events, reportedly resting after video captured her a day earlier collapsing while being whisked out early from a 9/11 commemoration ceremony. The Clinton campaign released a statement from her physician Sunday saying the candidate was “overheated and dehydrated” and had
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAs pundits obsess about Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia, Donald Trump is preparing to make his own health news – by releasing the results of his most recent physical. His platform: “The Dr. Oz Show.” A teaser for the Thursday episode says that Trump will discuss his “personal health regimen” with host Dr. Mehmet Oz. And Fox
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPneumonia has come under focus after U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign revealed Sunday that she had been diagnosed with the infectious disease Friday. Although pneumonia can be cured, it can also be fatal in severe cases. Pneumonia affects the lungs and results in mild to severe illness in people of all ages. Cough,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAEmma Yang had become increasingly frustrated trying to communicate with her grandmother suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The teen had a hard enough time keeping in touch because of the distance between her home in New York and her grandma in Hong Kong. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> After the elderly woman forgot Emma and her dad’s birthdays,
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPneumonia and dehydration are to blame for an “overheated” Hillary Clinton leaving a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City early on Sunday, according to a statement from her doctor. “Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies. On Friday, during follow up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia,”
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, whose sudden departure from a 9/11 commemoration Sunday threatened to raise questions anew about her health, has hypothyroidism, seasonal pollen allergies and takes blood thinners as a precaution against clots, according to a letter from her personal physician released by her campaign in July 2015. In December 2012, Clinton fainted and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACHICAGO — Making the decision to help 15 years ago might end Garrett Goodwin’s life early. Goodwin, 39, was one of tens of thousands of people at the World Trade Center right after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. A trained medic, he traveled from Tampa, Fla., to New York to volunteer. Now, his lungs are
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump unveiled a $20 billion school voucher plan at a charter school in Cleveland on Thursday, hoping to make inroads with the suburban women he needs to catch up with Hillary Clinton. Though the speech was dedicated to education, Trump began his remarks by spending several minutes lambasting Clinton’s foreign policy experience
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