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Critical research on the causes of Alzheimer’s may have been falsified
Source: The Economist Scientists could have been led down blind alleys for more than a decade.
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Amazon just bought my doctor’s office. That makes me very nervous.
Source: Washington Post Patients should be very nervous about Amazon buying One Medical.
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Federal Judge Blocks Title IX Guidance on Transgender Students
Source: Inside Higher Ed The temporary injunction issued in Tennessee will apply to the 20 Republican-led states that joined the litigation.
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FDA will not require clinical trial data to authorize redesigned COVID boosters -official
Source: Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not require companies to submit clinical trial data on COVID-19 vaccines modified to protect against the BA.4 and BA.5 versions of Omicron in order to authorize those shots.
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Ransomware Attacks Against Higher Ed Increase
Source: Inside Higher Ed Colleges and universities experienced a surge in ransomware attacks in 2021, and those attacks had significant operational and financial costs, according to a new report.
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Clinical trials could get monkeypox drug to desperate patients, but U.S. efforts lag
Source: NBC News Patients who have been able to obtain the drug say it's helped improve their symptoms, but getting access was an extremely difficult process.
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Training Artificial Intelligence to Pose Medical Questions
Source: Analytics Insight ML algorithms can help clinicians access information in a patient's health record quickly. Researchers are creating ML algorithms to expedite the procedure by finding the data that clinicians need in an EHR automatically.
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Why Delivery Robots Could Leave Driverless Cars in the Dust
Source: Inc. While business owners wait for self-driving cars, smaller autonomous vehicles could pick up the slack.
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Observing Disability Pride Month this July
Source: Human Rights Watch I only recently learned that July is Disability Pride Month. Although not yet officially recognized in the United States, since 2004 Disability Pride Month has been celebrated with parades in cities including New York, Chicago, Madison, and Los Angeles.
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