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New video-based app for treating TB is cheap and effective

The app, which provides video Directly Observed Therapy (video DOT) for tuberculosis patients is not only inexpensive, but also gives more privacy to patients compared to in-person, which requires daily visits to a trained health care worker. Apr 28, 2018
The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried to the hearse followed by his family and friends after a funeral service

Parents sue North Korea, saying Warmbier 'tortured and murdered'

The wrongful-death suit was filed in U.S. District Court at a diplomatically delicate time, weeks ahead of an expected meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump. Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in also are set to meet on Friday. Apr 28, 2018
Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby, once beloved 'America's Dad,' convicted of sexual assault

Cosby, 80, best known as the lovable father from the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," faces up to 10 years in prison for each of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, 45, following a three-week trial at the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Apr 27, 2018
Giant Sloth Vs. Ancient Man: Fossil Footprints Reveal Prehistoric Hunt

Giant Sloth Vs. Ancient Man: Fossil Footprints Reveal Prehistoric Hunt

Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled such a formidable prey. They now believe humans stalked and then confronted a giant ground sloth and amp;mdash;with that story repeating itself several times over with different sloths and amp;mdash;thanks to a striking set of prints discovered in the salt flats of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. and amp;nbsp;Pictures credit: ALEX MCCELLAND/BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY, MATTHEW BENNETT/BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY VIA REUTERS and amp;nbsp;Music Credit: Audioblocks, Summer Apr 26, 2018
Jim Bridenstine

Who is Jim Bridenstine? Politician sworn in as the 13th NASA Administrator

Jim Bridenstine, who was the Republican Representative from Oklahoma, resigned from the House of Representatives Monday to take up the new role of NASA Administrator. He is the first politician to be named as the NASA administrator. Bridenstine was given the oath of office by Pence at the NASA Headquarters in Washington. Apr 26, 2018
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