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Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban rulers have shunned a major international conference on girls’ education in the Muslim world.

As fires rage through southern California, the costs of extreme weather events linked to climate change are forecast to keep climbing – adding fuel to growing efforts by some US states to make the oil and gas industry liable for helping foot the bill despite looming legal challenges.

A new study shows that advanced kidney disease compromises the survival of B cells and significantly reduces the immune response to the influenza virus.

This is the second time a Texas Medical Center teaching hospital has been called out over surgery supervision in 7 months.