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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, shown at a news conference on general elections in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in August, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work toward a peace initiative with neighboring Eritrea.

Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

The Ethiopian leader received the award for his efforts to bring an end to 20 years of war with neighboring Eritrea.

A photo of the mole on NASA's InSight lander trying to drill into the Martian surface.

A 'Mole' Isn't Digging Mars: NASA Engineers Are Trying To Find Out Why

After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground.

The CDC is still trying to understand the mechanism by which Vitamin E acetate, an additive in some vapes, injures lung tissue. It may interfere with a natural fluid in the lung called surfactant, which helps make lung tissue stretchy. Or a byproduct may be a toxic chemical.

CDC Confirms A THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is The Culprit In Most Vaping Deaths

The spate of more than 2,500 acute vaping-related lung injuries tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the decline, epidemiologists say, and the number of deaths has slowed.

Ronda Goldfein, who leads the Philadelphia nonprofit Safehouse, says the group will open the first supervised injection site in the country next week over objections of the Department of Justice and some community members.

Philadelphia Nonprofit Opening Nation's 1st Supervised Injection Site Next Week

After a two-year legal saga, Safehouse says it will open next week, allowing users to administer illegal drugs under supervision. Federal officials say they will try to stop the site from opening.

READY JET GO!: One Small Step

Airs Mon, June 17, 2019 at 7 a.m. & 3 p.m., Tues, June 18 at 2 p.m., Wed, June 19 at 8 a.m., Thurs, June 20 at 4 p.m. and Fri, June 21 at 7 a.m. & 4 p.m. on KPBS TV

Judicial candidate Shawn McMillan speaks at a forum Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, hosted by the San Diego chapter of the Black Political Association of California. (Inset) Screenshots of memes candidate Shawn McMillan acknowledged to KPBS that he shared on Facebook.

After Uproar Over Judicial Candidate's Facebook Posts, A Law Professor Weighs In

A California Western School of Law Professor Emeritus Jan Stiglitz says Shawn McMillan's sharing of controversial Facebook posts shows that he lacks the respect and open-mindedness that a good judge needs.

Firefighters who work on wildland fires and prescribed burns (shown here) can be exposed to high levels of harmful smoke.

More Wildfires Bring Focus On How All That Smoke May Harm Firefighters

Wildland firefighters face a growing danger from smoke, as wildfires become more frequent and intense. It's a hazard that scientists and fire agencies are only beginning to understand.

Today's stories about disease — like <em>The Walking Dead</em> with its zombies — tend to be rooted in political and social realities.

What Fictional Pandemics Can Teach Us About Real-World Survival

People have been telling stories about pandemics for thousands of years — once, they were tales of divine retribution, but today they're often rooted in current events like the coronavirus outbreak.

UK Biobank has granted 10,000 qualified scientists access to its large database of genetic sequences and other medical data, but other organizations with databases have been far more restrictive in giving access.

How Should Scientists' Access To Health Databanks Be Managed?

Medical and genetic data from more than a million Americans are now in scientific databases. Some programs hoard the data, while others share widely with scientists, hoping to speed medical discovery.

Rep. Duncan Hunter arrives at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego, Dec. 3, 2019.

Rep. Duncan Hunter's Vacated Seat Unleashes GOP Slugfest

Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's resignation from Congress last month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge unleashed a GOP slugfest over the vacancy in one of the party's few remaining House seats in California.

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