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Improving the Cybersecurity Posture of Healthcare in 2022
Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services Encourages HIPAA covered entities and business associates to strengthen their cyber posture in 2022.
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Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?
Source: The New Yorker The U.S. government arrested Chinese professors, implying that they were foreign agents. The professors say that they’ve been caught up in a xenophobic panic.
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Education Department Warns Florida About Accreditation Bill
Source: Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Department of Education warned Florida governor Ron DeSantis that if the state implements a law to require colleges and universities to change accreditors with every accreditation cycle, it could put institutions’ access to federal financial aid in jeopardy.
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'This is just the start': Research into Covid-19 opens doors to understanding other diseases and conditions
Source: CNN The billions of dollars invested in covid vaccines and covid-19 research so far are expected to yield medical and scientific dividends for decades, helping doctors battle influenza, cancer, cystic fibrosis, and far more diseases.
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The U.S. just created a big new biomedical research agency. But questions remain
Source: Science Location, director to be determined, White House science adviser Francis Collins says.
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The future of research collaborations involving Russia
Source: Nature As sanctions take effect following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia risks its standing in the research world.
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Colleges Should Make It OK for Faculty to Disclose Disabilities
Source: Inside Higher Ed The academy continues to be ableist and disadvantage people with various learning abilities and those in neurodiverse learning communities, argues Karly Ball.
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Meta fined $18.6 million over 12 GDPR-related data breaches
Source: Engadget Ireland's data watchdog received a dozen data breach notifications in 2018.
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If pharma can market to youths by TikTok, it should include them in clinical trials
Source: STAT News Including more adolescent and young adult participants in clinical trials shouldn't be hard. They may be one of the easiest demographics to reach because of their widespread use of social media.
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