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👇🏻🆘😔 “When people ask me how bad all this is, our answer is usually ‘It’s worse than you think’”
Yes, pretty accurate situation
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Yes, pretty accurate situation
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New story: Abrupt policy shift on foreign awards
‘destroys NIH reputation’
from Research Professional News in the UK
Link to pdf here
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
‘destroys NIH reputation’
from Research Professional News in the UK
Link to pdf here
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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🇸🇰 Slovak PM Fico is furious after Estonia blocked his flight to Moscow for the May 9 parade.
“This is clearly a deliberate attempt to ruin my visit,” he ranted, complaining the delay wrecks his schedule.
His team is now scrambling to find another route.
“This is clearly a deliberate attempt to ruin my visit,” he ranted, complaining the delay wrecks his schedule.
His team is now scrambling to find another route.
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
From Globe Magazine: As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong.
As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong. - The Boston Globe
The ER was the last place I wanted to get the treatment I needed. But it was my only option.
www.bostonglobe.com
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Lieutenant of the AFU, call sign "Alex," reports: No ceasefire on the Pokrovsk front. Infantry assaults continue relentlessly, with no breaks in between. The fight is ongoing.
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a motion today and it could lead to a deposition in the White House. Read about it here and be up to date. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
A Subpoena for the White House?
On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S.
open.substack.com
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
Former CDC staff warn of "a five alarm fire"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
www.npr.org
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
www.npr.org
NEW: Columbia University has agreed to a $750M settlement with nearly 600 patients of Robert Hadden, a former doctor who sexually abused them while working at the school.
A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures
The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school’s settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the universi...
www.propublica.org
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Last month was the 2nd hottest April on record globally (2024 holds the record). As usual, there is substantial regional variability in the location of these warm and cold departures.
Summary of the month at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-... using @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 data.
Summary of the month at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-... using @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 data.
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