Christina Jewett
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From crib to court: Trump administration summons immigrant infants
A total of 1,500 'unaccompanied' children, from newborns to age 3, have been called in to immigration court since 1 October 2015, according to U.S. Justice Department data.
From crib to court: Trump administration summons immigrant infants
Toddlers face immigration hearings in U.S. courts alone
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the U.S. border, immigrant children as young as 3 are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
Toddlers face immigration hearings in U.S. courts alone
Young people with severe autism languish in U.S. hospitals
Teenagers and young adults with severe autism are spending weeks or even months in emergency rooms and acute-care hospitals, sometimes sedated, restrained or confined to mesh-tented beds.
Young people with severe autism languish in U.S. hospitals
Trading controversy dogs health secretary nominee Tom Price
U.S. Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading, despite the fact that a House committee he was on was under investigation.
Trading controversy dogs health secretary nominee Tom Price
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The visual system’s lingering mystery: Connecting neural activity and perception
Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools. I asked 10 neuroscientists what experimental and conceptual methods they think we’re missing.
The visual system’s lingering mystery: Connecting neural activity and perception
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