Category «Education»

National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval

ProPublica: “Employees at the National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, received internal guidance last week to flag manuscripts, presentations or other communications for scrutiny if they addressed “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics. Among the 23 hot-button issues, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica: vaccines, fluoride, peanut allergies, …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

The majority of Americans support Medicaid

Your Local Epidemiologist: “A new KFF poll last week found that 80% of Americans oppose cuts to Medicaid. About one-third of Republican voters supported cuts, and over half of all respondents—especially in rural areas—said they or someone they know has used Medicaid. Medicaid programs go by different names in each state, making it tricky to …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Medicine

National Parks Staff Purged – Impact to National Capital Area

Axios: “More than 750 national park workers have been fired amid the Trump administration’s purge of federal employees, per an unofficial tally shared with Axios by a park ranger. Why it matters: Our region is home to over 70 national parks that draw millions of visitors each year, from the National Mall to Shenandoah — …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe

404 Media: “The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged. A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Medicine, Search Engines

The Digital Packrat Manifesto

404 Media: “Amazon’s recent decision to stop allowing people to download copies of their Kindle e-books to a computer has vindicated some of my longstanding beliefs about digital media. Specifically, that it doesn’t exist and you don’t own it unless you can copy and access it without being connected to the internet. The recent move …

Subjects: Copyright, Economy, Education, Internet, Legal Research

The Biodiversity Collections Crisis

The Biodiversity Collections Crisis – “You might be familiar with the concept of the present “biodiversity crisis“. There is an increasing consensus in the ecological research community that the current loss of species this planet is experiencing is not sustainable, in the sense that the loss of some species may precipitate the loss of more, in …

Subjects: Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management

New Articles and Columns – LLRX February 2025 Issue

Climate and DEI Deleted From Government Websites, Federal Workers Fired, Colleges Erase Programs and Research – “Colleges have been a conservative target for years. Under President Trump, it’s total warfare on all aspects of higher education — from student life to hiring to athletics.” This March 2, 2025 update by Sabrina I. Pacifici chronicles Trump’s …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel

HuffPo: “Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been prohibited from co-authoring publications with World Health Organization staff, dealing a blow to global research efforts and continuing the Trump administration’s aggressive attack on government-funded science. “CDC staff should not be co-authors on manuscripts/abstracts with WHO staff,” an interim guidance document dated Thursday …

Subjects: Censorship, Education, Freedom of Information, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space

phiresky’s blog – “Libraries have been trying to collect humanity’s knowledge almost since the invention of writing. In the digital age, it might actually be possible to create a comprehensive collection of all human writing that meets certain criteria. That’s what shadow libraries do – collect and share as many books as possible. One shadow …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

2025 Air Quality Standards database

“The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), has unveiled the updated 2025 Air Quality Standards database. This resource compiles national air quality standards for major pollutants and other airborne toxics from countries worldwide. This latest update provides an overview of global efforts towards achieving the …

Subjects: Climate Change, E-Government, Education, Environmental Law, Health Care, Legal Research

A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”

ProPublica: “A few months ago, Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he had uncovered $2 billion of science grants funded by former President Joe Biden’s administration that prioritized “radical political perspectives” or “neo-Marxist theories.’’ His aides on a congressional committee assembled the list by searching the project descriptions for 699 key terms like “women,” “diversify,” “segregation” …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Education, Health Care, Medicine

92% of Students Are Using AI – What This Means For Lawyers

Artificial Lawyer – “A new survey of over 1,000 university students found that 92% had used AI tools in their studies. Their reasons for using genAI both mirrors lawyers – and tells us what the future looks like for the legal sector. Why does this show us what’s coming? For the simple reason that the …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

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