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bioethics, public health
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The Compassionate Use & Preapproval Access Conference (CUPACon) a 2-day event about the most urgent ethical issues in preapproval access to medical products.

January 23-24, 2026, remote or in-person (Boston, MA)
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Read here the language Trump is using to describe whole classes of people based on the action of one disturbed/violent person.

Thanks for our colleague, Shawn McCreesh, for writing this piece and documenting the words of POTUS.

Free link

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Migrant Stance
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
plus the hairdo!
Q: Do you still plan to deploy the National Guard to New York City?

TRUMP: If they need it. Right now, other places need it more.
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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"Canada has chosen not to lead, but to follow in the footsteps of other countries whose cuts to global health have already had deadly consequences. Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress against HIV, TB & malaria,” says @healthlawadamh.bsky.social

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/can...
Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada's first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world's poorest countries — a move that
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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RFK Jr. gaslights parents about vaccines and autism.
Dr. Offit.mp4 - Dr. Offit - Frame.io
f.io
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Read this.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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“It’s the latest decision in a head-spinning saga that federal workers with disabilities and temporary health needs say has hindered their job performance and weakened their faith that the federal government is a place for them.”
CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended full-time telework agreements for reasonable accommodations, employees say.
www.statnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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quite a look for Trump today
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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How can FDA allow TV ads for GLP-1 drug microdosing without any data?
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Rebel Wilson goes Micro with Noom
YouTube video by Noom
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Some much-needed good news: “Indonesia’s response included two rounds of nationwide immunization using novel oral polio vaccine type 2 and improved routine coverage…
“This shows what is possible when communities, health workers and partners unite,” said UNICEF Indonesia Representative Maniza Zama”
WHO declares end of Indonesia's polio outbreak following yearslong vaccination campaign
The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over following nearly three years of intensive response efforts.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco.... Nuremberg, the movie and the actual trial, make clear that evil ignored is evil enabled.
Opinion | 'Nuremberg': Can You Diagnose Evil?
A review of the new film and a look at its public health relevance today
www.medpagetoday.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccines-autism-website.html?smid=tw-share
As Dr. Arthur Caplan, who directs the medical ethics division at NYU once wryly noted, “You can’t prove that Coca-Cola doesn’t cause autism either.”
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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CUPACon 2026
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November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
the world's most frightening communist?
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It is as real healers know, never good practice to substitute data and evidence for testimonials and ideology. RFK Jr's CDC soon will urge you seek a qualified wizard for emergency trephination or a certified barber bloodletter immediately if u feel possessed or melancholic.
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Moskowitz during a hearing reads an excerpt from Kristi Noem's book where she talks about shooting her dog Cricket and says, "If we're get on high horse about animal cruelty I just want to make sure we apply that equally"
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for months because she was the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files, but sure, Republicans always wanted to release them as they now claim today for the first time.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM