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Since its launch in , BlackGirlBooks has helped distribute more than 11, books to libraries, schools and community organizations around the world. Treating cancer requires immense precision: Doctors try to kill all the diseased cells, while sparing as many healthy ones as possible. This can be especially difficult for pancreatic cancer , since the pancreas moves around, and sometimes gets obscured by other organs. In an effort to help solve this problem , Rishab Jain, an eighth grader from Oregon, developed a software tool that, during simulations, was shown to help doctors zero in on the pancreas more accurately, ideally improving treatments.

Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of teen pregnancy. Being a teen mother also means having less access to educational programs, which ultimately affects their ability to provide later on in life. Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school. They are much more likely to not complete college. This puts them at a disadvantage when it comes time to find a good paying job. The evidence is clear.

In , there were Nearly nine in ten Not all teen births are first births.

Anya Kamenetz. Yassiry Gonzalez goes to bed early. But often she wakes up around 1 or 2 in the morning. And from then on, sometimes all the way through dawn, the New York City high school student is on her phone — on FaceTime with close friends, or looking through Instagram.