Amid funding cuts and public health battles, NIH issues autism research grants
Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism. (Image
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Australian prosecutors appeal mushroom murderer’s ‘inadequate’ sentence
Erin Patterson was jailed for a minimum of 33 years for murdering three people with a toxic mushroom meal.
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