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Foreign students weigh studying in person vs. losing visas

Health

PHOENIX -- International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between being unnecessarily exposed during the coronavirus pandemic and being able to finish their studies in America. Students from countries as diverse as India, China and Brazil told The Associated Press they are scrambling to devise plans after federal immigration authorities notified colleges this week that international students must leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools operate entirely online this fall. Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a lawsuit this week to block the decision, and now California and Washington state are seeking injunctions against enforcing the n...

‘I can do it in my sleep’: Kim Kardashian studying to be a lawyer

Entertainment

Kim Kardashian West has gone Legally Blonde, revealing she is studying to become a criminal justice lawyer.The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star told US Vogue she has started a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco last year, and plans to take her exams in 2022. She said she had already scored 100 in one criminal law test, saying it was "super easy" and that she could do the subject "in my sleep". Image: Kardashian West met Donald Trump at the White House in 2018 In 2001 comedy Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon's character Elle Woods transforms from sorority queen to a murder-solving legal star.The new career direction for Kardashian West comes after she played a role in the release of prisoner Alice Marie Johns...

Studying 1 million people to end cookie-cutter health care

Technology

U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact. Today, health care is based on averages, what worked best in short studies of a few hundred or thousand patients. The massive "All of Us" project instead will push what's called precision medicine, using traits that make us unique to forecast health and treat disease. The goal is to end cookie-cutter health care. A pilot is under way now. If all goes well, the National Institutes of Health plans to open enrollment early next year. Participants will get DNA tests, and report on their diet, sleep, exercise and numerous other health-affecting factors. It's a commitment: The study aims to run for at least 10 years ——— The pilot testi...