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“If a patient develops a hospital-associated infection, it is the responsibility of the healthcare provider to inform them,” Dr Rohini Kelkar, infection-control expert, tells Tabassum Barnagarwala.

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What hospitals are not telling you about killer bugs in their wards
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November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop the gene therapy Zolgensma.

Then it debuted at a record price of $2M+ per dose, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.

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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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We love sharing our passion with words with you and we wanted to give you an opportunity to share YOUR passion w/ us.

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May 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.

When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
March 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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According to a study by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in 2023, bakeries are responsible for about 3.5% of #Mumbai’s total pollution load.

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Activists wonder why #BMC was targeting bakeries alone when there are other major sources of air pollution.
March 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Caste has only recently infiltrated the American discourse and become more mainstream in Indian media. But Dalit writers have been writing memoirs, short fiction and poetry since the late 1960s.
Caste Is Having a Cultural and Political Moment Globally. It Has Not Always Been So
For decades before it became a global phenomenon, Dalit writers in diverse Indian languages fought to make marginalized lives visible
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February 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Elon Musk Offers Self $10 Billion Federal Buyout
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February 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM