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The number of Americans relying on psychotherapy went up between 2018 and 2021, whereas the number of people using psychiatric medications went down.

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EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall ...

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The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 ...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun born in 1908, is remembered as compassionate and dedicated to her faith.

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The Trump administration has decimated an agency responsible for carrying out much of the research and prevention efforts to ...