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CJR: “Researchers routinely rely on websites like data.census.gov, but this month, the top of the site displays a banner that reads: “Due to the lapse of federal funding, this website is not being updated.” Dozens of reports—from critical spending data to disease surveillance—are not updated or completely dark due to the ongoing government shutdown. Earlier …
Gizmodo: “To put it bluntly, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in a complete freefall. Under the reign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the longtime crank turned U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, thousands of people have lost their jobs, the organization’s policies have been hijacked by allies of the anti-vaccination movement, …
“Immunize.org is an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. We work to ensure that healthcare professionals and the public are up to date on all aspects of vaccination and advocate for policies that remove barriers to vaccination. We support healthcare professionals with educational resources and advocate to remove barriers to vaccination for …
Noema: Gene editing may enable us to prevent a species from ever becoming extinct in the first place. But should we? It turns out playing God is neither difficult nor expensive. For about $2,000, I can go online and order a decent microscope, a precision injection rig, and a vial of enough CRISPR-Cas9 — an …
Gov/Act – October 15, 2025 – Governors Bob Ferguson (WA), Josh Green (HI), Maura Healey (MA), Kathy Hochul (NY), Tina Kotek (OR), Ned Lamont (CT), Lou Leon Guerrero (GU), Dan McKee (RI), Matt Meyer (DE), Wes Moore (MD), Phil Murphy (NJ), Gavin Newsom (CA), Jared Polis (CO), JB Pritzker (IL), and Josh Stein (NC) announced …
Ars Technica: “The dust is still settling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a mass layoff on Friday, which former employees at the beleaguered agency are describing as a massacre. In separate press briefings on Tuesday, a network of terminated CDC staff that goes by the name the National Public Health Coalition, …
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Hannah Ritchie, Tuna Acisu, and Edouard Mathieu (2025) – “Does the news reflect what we die from?” Published online at OurWorldinData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from‘ [Online Resource]. What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on? For this work, we relied on Media Cloud, an open-access …
ETH Zurich – Computer scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a digital tool capable of searching through millions of published DNA records in a matter of seconds. This can significantly accelerate research into antibiotic resistance and unknown pathogens: “Rare hereditary diseases can be identified in patients and specific mutations in tumour cells detected – DNA …
ProPublica: “This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts suggest to help …
TNR: “President Donald Trump’s new scheme to transform the federal government into a pharmacy is already raising red flags for legal and health experts. Earlier this week, Trump announced the launch of TrumpRx, a strangely socialist-sounding service where consumers can procure cheap prescription drugs from the U.S. government—just days before Trump’s 100 percent tariff on …
Democracy Forward: “The United States is in an existential fight for democracy. With so much on the line for millions of people, the Supreme Court remains a decisive arena. The new term begins on Monday, October 6, and will determine the role of this Court on attempts at unchecked power. The authoritarian threats from the Trump-Vance …
