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Virginia has made reading by third grade a priority. Now it is time to make it a top priority. Our state has one of the most ...

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Federal health officials are reshaping long-settled science by suggesting that vaccines may cause autism — a claim contradicted by decades of large, peer-reviewed studies, writes retired Santa Cruz ...

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World Children’s Day—celebrated every year on November 20—marks the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the ...