By David Pratt KINGSTON, Ontario, Canada — When Elie Wiesel died on July 2, a voice was stilled that had spoken for the voiceless millions who perished in the Nazi concentration camps. In May 1944, Wiesel was deported from Romania to Auschwitz at the age of fifteen, and was liberated from Buchenwald eleven months later.
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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & EducationIt’s a long way from where I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, to the dining room in Vice President Joe Biden’s home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Yet that’s where I found myself one day last December, along with a handful of other cancer specialists. We had been invited to offer our perspectives
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA closely watched treatment for Alzheimer’s disease came up short in a late-stage trial, marking the latest setback in a field wracked by years of failure. The drug, from biotech company TauRx, did no better than a sugar pill at improving patients’ scores on tests of cognitive and physical function, according to data presented early
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Science, Medicine, & EducationThe U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines aimed at preventing schools from discriminating against the growing numbers of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In a letter to school districts and a “know your rights” document to be posted on its website Tuesday, the department said schools must obey existing civil rights law to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAI had a very weird college experience. My memories aren’t of frat parties, of slugging down drinks in games of quarters or beer pong, of losing my voice cheering at big football games, and of hearing how evil Western civilization is in the classroom. Instead, when I think of my four years at Thomas Aquinas
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism occurred on campus during the 1st six months of 2016 compared with the 1st six months of 2015, according to AMCHA Initiative’s mid-year study released on Tuesday, July 26. In addition, calls for Israel’s elimination on campus tripled, and that expression highly correlated with actions that
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders celebrated the health care concessions he won from Hillary Clinton Monday night as he gave a rousing endorsement to his former presidential rival. In a Democratic convention speech that revisited the agenda of his surprisingly competitive campaign for the nomination, Sanders reminded the audience that while he may have lost the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USALONDON (Press Release) — A Jewish family in the UK has just five weeks to find a stem cell donor to save their mother’s life after discovering her leukemia has returned. Sharon Berger, 65, of London was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in 2012, and was told that the only available cure was a stem
A major milestone in aviation history has been reached with the help of a chicken sandwich, a coffee, some donuts and a Slurpee. The items were part of a package dropped off to a 7-Eleven customer in Reno, Nevada, as part of the first fully autonomous, FAA-approved drone delivery to a residential home. “It’s amazing
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By Ken Stone SAN DIEGO — Nearing 900 names, a petition calling on the University of San Diego to cut ties to Donald Trump backers continues to roil alumni waters — even spawning a counter petition. Joseph McKellar on July 12 called for USD to remove the names of Trump backers Doug Manchester and Jenny
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWhat do you get when two Israeli Muslims, an Israeli Jew and an Israeli Christian put their heads together? Well, since this isn’t a riddle, the answer is a stroke-defeating drug. Founded by the husband and wife team of Prof. Abed Higazi and Dr. Noha Higazi, PamBio, a biotech company, claims to have found a
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El Deafo by Cece Bell, color by David Lasky; Amulet Books; © 2014; ISBN 978141-9712173; 233 pages plus a note from the author; price not listed. Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Written for elementary and middle school audiences, El Deafo tells the story of author Cece Bell
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I just faced my own mortality head on. A few days ago I met my new twin great-grandsons—all of four months old—and realized I will not know them as teenagers! They will have to see me on old DVDs which may in fact not be playable by
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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationThis article originally appeared on Medical Daily. A new study suggests that a vaccine for the incurable Alzheimer’s disease could become a reality in as little as five years, and may one day become as much of a fixture in the lives of our aging population as the common flu shot. The potential vaccine would
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