A Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center analysis of more than 4 million cancer cases across 12 states shows unmarried adults, especially men, have significantly higher rates of several cancers, underscoring the role of social factors in cancer risk. (Dzombak, Miami Miller School of Medicine)
Read MoreOverall, nearly 126,000 babies were born to mothers ages 15 to 19, according to the analysis of provisional data. The birth rate for that age group was 11.7 births per 1,000 females. By contrast, the teen birth rate in 1991 was 61.8 births per 1,000. (Simons-Duffin, NPR)
Read MoreA study said church attendance had soared among British young people, a trend reversal that excited religious conservatives around the world. Turns out it wasn’t true. (Jackson, The New York Times)
Read MoreBiblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. (Hollingsworth, AP News)
Read MoreA federal judge in Louisiana ruled Tuesday that access to a drug used in abortions can remain as it is nationally for the moment. But the 37-page ruling by Judge David C. Joseph is far from an endorsement of telehealth abortion, which has become far more common in the past few years, now accounting for more than one in four abortions in the U.S. (Simmons-Duffin, NPR)
Read MoreYou can brainwash yourself into being OK with it, but on a spiritual level you always know that there’s something darker there. You lie to yourself. (Divine, The Telegraph)
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