Deutsche Welle Science Unscripted

Women have more to lose when healthcare gets cut

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Women will die at disproportionately higher rates as the US rolls back access to public insurance programs (like medicaid). Also, AI tools like ChatGPT change how honest we are... and not in a good way.
30 Oct English Germany Science · Technology

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