Science News: Screening Harms, No Genes for Suicide, and Animals for Grief Support

06/29/21 • 8 min

This week, Peter Simons covers an article from a trauma survivor who describes the harms of screening, an article that found no genetic links to suicide risk, and an article that found animals were far better than humans at supporting grieving people.

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