January is Cervical Health Awareness Month.
HPV is the name of a group of viruses that infect the skin.
There are more than 100 different types of human papillomavirus. However, this cancer can almost always be prevented through regular screening and, if needed, treatment of
abnormal cell changes.
Approximately 6 million new cases of sexually transmitted HPV occur in the U.S. each year, with at least 20 million people estimated
to be currently infected. Most people with HPV, though, do not know that they are infected.
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LifeScience Moment: Legislation in Tennessee called for a ban on the teaching of evolution.
On Jan. 21, 1925, Rep. John Washington Butler introduced legislation in the Tennessee House of Representatives that called for a ban on the teaching of
evolution.
The proposed law, known as the Butler bill, would prohibit the teaching of "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as
taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals."
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It's a Small World
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Blood Cells
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Science Quote
"...a path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstructions in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought so far to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind."
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David Hume, Scottish philosopher, economist, historian
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