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(Natural News) As our last defenses begin to fail, many more people might die from common bacterial infections in 2017. Each year, an estimated 700,000 people die due to untreatable drug-resistant infections, and today that number is increasing faster than anyone predicted. About 40 years ago Levy and colleagues published their landmark study showing a […]

(Natural News) The world of robotics is rapidly advancing and as it does, it is capturing the imagination of more and more people. But it is also terrifying many. As reported by the UK’s Daily Mirror, scientists and developers in South Korea have built and programmed a massive one-ton robot that is capable of mimicking […]

(Natural News) If you want to spot a forged painting, ask an art expert. And if you want to find out what is “fake news,” ask perhaps the top investigative reporter in journalism. Sharyl Attkisson spotted the fake news trend long before it became a recent catchphrase. And she doesn’t portray it, as do many […]

(Natural News) A Syrian refugee columnist from the Huffington Post has said that women are to blame for last year’s sexual assaults that occurred across Germany on New Year’s Eve. Aras Bacho, the 18-year-old columnist, frequently writes for the Huffington Post’s German website. Bacho tweeted that woman shouldn’t be out alone at night, insisting “Most […]

(Natural News) Recently we’ve reported on the crony ties between top US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials and beverage giant Coca-Cola. New evidence suggests that the cronyism at the CDC goes far deeper. (Article republished from Anh-Usa.org) A group calling itself CDC Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence, and Ethics in Research (CDC SPIDER) […]

(Natural News) More than a few young boys and girls grow up dreaming of being a superhero someday, with superhuman strength. But of course, that’s just the thing of fictional movies and Saturday morning cartoons, right? Not so fast. A report posted on the Anonymous website states that for two decades scientists have been studying […]

(Natural News) An illicit, Planned Parenthood-style human organ trafficking network has been uncovered in Egypt, according to new reports, where some 45 people were recently arrested on charges of illegally buying and selling body parts harvested from humans. Yahoo! News reports that among those nabbed by authorities were doctors, nurses, organ-buyers, and their various middlemen, […]

(Natural News) We live in a world dominated by screens and technological gadgets. If there’s one thing the modern parent of tweens and teens should worry about in this digital age, then it’s the amount of time their kids spend glued to a screen. Whether it’s the screen of their smartphone, tablet or gaming console, […]

(Natural News) The CEOs of some of the nation’s biggest health care systems are starting to invest more in community health programs, after figuring out that in order to improve health outcomes for tens of millions of lower-income Americans—and thus save themselves money over the long run—they needed to get involved on the local level […]

(Natural News) Despite the continued protestations of a few snowflakes on college campuses and some Democratic lawmakers, optimism in the United States has soared since Donald J. Trump became the president-elect. Wall Street has responded positively, with the Dow climbing towards 20,000 and the U.S. dollar rising to its highest level in years. Overall “optimism,” […]