Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US withdrawing troops fighting Ebola

President Barack Obama said Wednesday US military efforts to contain Ebola would give way to a civilian-led drive to "extinguish" the virus, as he ordered home American troops in West Africa.

Psychology & Psychiatry

A way of thinking may enable battle but prevent war crimes

Combat troops must minimize the humanness of their enemies in order to kill them. They can't be effective fighters if they're distracted by feelings of empathy for opponents. But indifference to the enemy, rather than loathing, ...