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When we completely understand biology, said Dr. Roy Jensen, vice chancellor and director of the University of Kansas Cancer Center, we will understand cancer. “They’re so intertwined,” he said. “Life is cancer and cancer is life” (Suzanne King/The Beacon). Every year, the University of Kansas Cancer Center must file a report with the National Cancer…
Missouri’s rural hospital bill grants antitrust immunity without oversight
Rural hospitals need stability. Patients need protection from unchecked consolidation. Missouri can provide both — but only if lawmakers add the safeguards other states already require (Brandon Bell/Getty Images). Rural hospitals are closing across Missouri at a pace that should concentrate every lawmaker’s attention. According to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, 50%…
States crack down on aggressive driving
Vehicles zoom down Broadway as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, N.Y., this month. Lawmakers in some states, including New York, are taking steps to curb aggressive driving. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/Stateline) NEW YORK — On a frigid December morning along busy Broadway in the Astoria neighborhood of…
Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears
A sign advising that the Capitol Visitors Center in the U.S. Capitol is closed, in Washington, D.C. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom). This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown. That would be…
AI is making it easier for bad actors to create biosecurity threats
The spread of artificial intelligence worries biosecurity experts, who say the technology could lead to accidental or deliberate creation and release of dangerous diseases and toxic substances. (Photo by LuShaoJi/Getty Images) Artificial intelligence is helping accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, but the technology also makes it easier than ever to create biosecurity threats and…