Walter Freeman made lobotomies mainstream, until horrifying mistakes left patients dead and damaged, exposing the dangers of ...

But that’s not all Kennedy said about people with autism. Shortly after mentioning that a study calculated the “cost of ...

I don’t care if my child with autism ever pays taxes, but I do care that she may never have the opportunity to work or live ...

Kennedy was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia—blood and bone marrow cancer. She went from flipping through ...

Ford looked to senior experience in Kennedy after her fourth visit to the mound. "Lefty (Kennedy), that's my dog since I got here," Ford said. Kennedy pitched a complete game in Saturday's win ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed nearly 900 measles cases in the U.S. on Friday, though much of the measles cases in the country remain centered in Texas, which confirmed ...

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