Laurie Garrett
Former Sr Fellow @CFR_org. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (2Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: IHeard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.
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Climate change dominates Canada’s election
Opinion polls say it will be close
National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine...
Laurie Garrett
Congratulations to @drsanjaygupta who was just admitted to the National Academy of Medicine #NAM . Very few journalists have ever been allowed into the Academy, but of course Gupta practices medicine as well as broadcasts on @CNN .
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New ‘prime’ genome editor could surpass CRISPR
A more precise, flexible variation of the revolutionary DNA modifier makes its debut
Laurie Garrett
Researchers @MIT have discovered a new form of #CRISPR gene editing -- a sort of "prime editor" that cuts DNA with great precision, few errors. This will open the door for far more human gene editing.
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‘It’s too much’: Democrats shudder at Trump’s money machine
Laurie Garrett
Trump could be reelected -- thanks to $$.
"#Trump and the #RNC RNC have raised more than $300 million for his reelection...more than any other sitting president in history at this point..."
Big bucks, from MAGA hats to $billion resource extraction deals.
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Atmospheric pressure impacts greenhouse gas emissions from leaky oil and gas wells
Fluctuations in atmospheric pressure can heavily influence how much natural gas leaks from wells below the ground surface at oil and gas sites, according to new University of British Columbia research. However, current monitoring strategies do not...
Laurie Garrett
A study I wish somebody would do:
Hypothesis: govt subsidies of fossil fuel industries de-incentivize efforts to limit leakage of #methane & #CO2 during extraction, piping & refining operations. Ergo, remove subsidies & #climate - harming waste will stop.
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Bank of England boss says global finance is funding 4C temperature rise
Mark Carney says capital markets are financing projects likely to fuel a catastrophic rise in global heating
Laurie Garrett
Mark Carney, head of the Bank of England: the global finance industry, capital markets are funding projects that virtually guarantee a 4 degree C rise in world temperature.
Great for short term profits, but deadly for next generations.
#ClimateCrisis
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Trump official says wild horses, not climate change, are “existential threat” to federal lands
The biggest challenge to public lands isn’t climate change, says the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management. It’s wild horses and burros.
Laurie Garrett
Federal lands going to hell? Well don't blame #ClimateChange or fuel extraction.
It's the danged wild horses, says #Trump administration.
Truth: emissions from the extraction & use of fossil fuels frm fedl lands = 1/4 of all US greenhouse gas emissions.
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State Dept. Inquiry Into Clinton Emails Finds No Deliberate Mishandling of Classified Information
The report appears to bookend a controversy that dogged Ms. Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Tanzania continues to dodge WHO recommendations on Ebola
Tanzania has yet to cross-check its suspected Ebola cases in a reference laboratory, WHO's Dr. Michel Yao said on Friday, although no additional suspected cases have been reported.
Laurie Garrett
Seriously, what's up with #Tanzania and #Ebola?
Why is Dar-es-Salaam refusing to comply with the @WHO #IHR? Heck, if there aren't/weren't any cases in the country, why bother to stonewall?
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NIH ‘high risk, high reward’ awardees skew male—again
When the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces each year's winners of plum “high risk, high reward” (HRHR) awards, which go to about 100 scientists doing outside-the-box research, the paucity of female winners regularly raises eyebrows....
Laurie Garrett
The boys win -- again.
Getting research $$$ out of the @NIH continues to bias male, leaving female scientists with pennines-on-the-dollar.
@NIHDirector @JeremyFarrar @wellcometrust
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Scientists chase cause of mysterious vaping illness as death toll rises
Confusion reins as researchers sort through the complex US e-cigarette market.
Laurie Garrett
As the death toll from e-cigarette #vaping rises, both in the USA and around the world, scientists are scrambling to figure out why the lungs of young users are ravaged. So far the best studies are rejecting hypotheses, leaving no answers.
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Scotland Could Leave the United Kingdom Over Brexit—and Green Energy
The debate over how to best marshal the country's alternative energy sources may affect a new independence referendum.
Laurie Garrett
With just 10 days to #Brexit D-Day and no agreement in sight that the anti-#BorisJohnson MPs can stomach, @NicolaSturgeon & her compatriots in Scotland are once again contemplating seceding from the UK.
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American Dream is finally opening. Here’s the 17-year saga of how we got here.
American Dream will open the doors Friday on the what is probably the most anticipated project in the state's history.
U.S. mulls leaving some troops in Syria to guard oil: Pentagon
The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeast...
Expert Testifies Viagra and Cialis May Cause Skin Cancer
With billions of dollars on the line for two of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms, a medical researcher testified Tuesday of a "plausible" link between erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis and skin cancer.
Laurie Garrett
There's a trial underway in SF, involving >800 lawsuits filed by men claiming they suffer skin cancer because they took #Viagra or #Cialis for erectile dysfunction. The claims are against Pfizer & Eli Lilly.
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Laurie Garrett
Obsessed with the Presidential #impeachment proceedings? Can't get enough of it?
You can subscribe to a @nytimes impeachment feed that may sate your scandal appetite
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We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies
ProPublica has been tracking drug company spending on doctors since 2010. We just updated our database and found that companies are still paying private doctors huge sums for promotional talks and consulting.
Laurie Garrett
In the USA "More than 2,500 physicians have received at least $500,000 apiece from drugmakers & med device cos in the past 5 yrs, a new @propublica analysis of payment data shows. And that doesn’t include money for research or royalties from inventions."
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Private Photos of Indicted Donor Depict Ties to Trump, Giuliani
Dating back to 2015, the private Instagram account of Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-American indicted for illegal campaign donations, appears to show VIP access to President Trump and a close relationship with Rudy Giuliani. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday reports....
The High Cost Of Sex: Insurers Often Don’t Pay For Drugs To Treat Problems
Medicare and many private insurers view prescribing drugs to improve sexual function as a lifestyle issue that’s not medically necessary to pay for.
Laurie Garrett
There is pretty clear gender bias in #Medicare coverage of sex-related drugs. Older men can get erectile dysfunction meds, but women can't get vaginal meds and hormones.
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Laurie Garrett
David Milliband, Pres. @RESCUEorg says American foreign isolationism could worsen conflicts & humanitarian responses in fragile contexts worldwide. Declares a state of humanitarian emergency.
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