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# Medical Schools Can Do Better for Aspiring Doctors with Disabilities

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Mar 14, 2018 4:00 PM UTC

**1\.** [**Medical schools can do better for aspiring doctors with disabilities.**](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/13/593213404/for-aspiring-doctors-with-disabilities-many-medical-schools-come-up-short)

By Elana Gordon at _NPR_

**2\.** [**The satellites of the tomorrow could run on air.**](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/03/07/satellites-run-on-air/#.WqiF9X8pCaM)

By Bill Andrews in _Discover_

**3\.** [**What if the world doesn’t need Washington anymore?**](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/13/rex-tillerson-out-new-secretary-of-state-pompeo)

By Parag Khanna in _Politico_

**4\.** [**Did the perpetrators of a genocide enlist Facebook in their cause?**](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43385677)

By the _BBC_

**5\.** [**By sending health workers into the community, this nonprofit made dramatic progress in reducing childhood deaths.**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2018/03/12/backed-by-a-band-of-philanthropists-nonprofit-makes-dramatic-progress-in-reducing-childhood-deaths/#2ff04343237e)

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