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Leap second retired as world timekeepers choose continuity over clock jumps

Global metrologists voted to end leap seconds, replacing frequent one-second corrections with a far rarer hour-scale adjustment in UTC.

A working paper finds AI-written dissertation abstracts rose sharply and were linked to lower academic employment among PhD…

Francis Halzen’s Nobel for IceCube spotlights why mid-scale astroparticle physics projects need sustained funding to reach discovery.

A qualitative policy analysis in Botswana finds One Health progress depends on governance, coordination, surveillance, and sustained financing.

Qualitative findings from Rwanda identify safety, health, social support, and financial threats facing families of children with disabilities.

BMJ opinion calls for independent verification after an Irkutsk laboratory worker died of unexplained pneumonia amid concerns about…

BMJ opinion argues global health reform must strengthen national sovereignty without weakening rights, civil society, or access for…

BMJ argues AI has lowered barriers to bioweapons development and calls for transparency, oversight, and international action after…

DailyMed’s updated label for MENTHO PATCH COOL details menthol-based topical use, dosing limits, warnings, and packaging for minor…

Rush and Endeavor plan to merge, forming Chicago’s largest health system with a $1 billion commitment to community…

Public Health

Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

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