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State abortion bans in Tennessee and beyond, which constrain women’s health care, have put family planning clinics at risk of losing their federal funding.The conflict involves the Title X family planning program,…

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana may have sternly pronounced that the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant will be extended for only a year in his budget speech on Wednesday, but signals in his budget also point to it morphing…

Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve…

Much research has been done on the effectiveness of masks to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. However, standard infection models tend to focus only on disease states, overlooking the dynamics of a complex paradox: While masking…

By Carter Barrett, Side Effects Public Media Ten years ago, Nicholas Clouse was riding shotgun in his friend’s Camaro when the car jerked and he felt himself flying through the air. Clouse’s head slammed against the…

With Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan making it clear that he is no longer the Chancellor, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan appears to be in a Catch-22 situation as on January 12 the Kerala High Court is to hear a petition questioning the…

The biggest dilemma for actor Aasif Sheikh is to choose between TV and the “amazing offers” he is getting for OTT shows. On his visit to Lucknow, the actor says, “I want to take up some of the endearing roles that I get offered, but the…

At some point, to win this tour nament, you’re going to have to win batting first.” Aaron Finch’s words on the eve of the T20 World Cup final lacked the usual Aussie bravado, probably because the numbers stack up so heavily against him in…

After months of inactivity, shoots have finally resumed as a semblance of normalcy has been restored in the unlock mode. However, actor Amit Sial is still on the fence about getting back to work just yet.“My heart goes out to people who…