Periods aren’t a luxury. Why are they taxed like one?
Manhattan Assembly member Linda B. Rosenthal didn’t set out to be a period rights activist. But when she learned that menstrual hygiene products weren’t worthy of tax-free status, …
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Jim Johnson recently retired as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Drug Control Policy in Huntington, West Virginia—a city in which 10% of people are addicted to …
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How one pediatrician is supporting transgender youth
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A Syrian OB/GYN perseveres amidst conflict
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How doctors can help AI to revolutionize medicine
Greg Corrado, Co-founder of The Google Brain team and Principal Scientist on Google’s AI Healthcare team, has spent the last decade at the forefront of the AI revolution. …