Yu-Wei Chen
@ywchen-law.bsky.social
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Global health | digital technology | international law
Global health | digital technology | international law
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Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development.
These technologies could help put a stop to animal testing
Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development.
www.technologyreview.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development.
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The UN health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics. “Antibiotic resistance is widespread and threatening the future of modern medicine,” one WHO official said.
W.H.O. Warns of Sharp Increase in Drug-Resistant Infections
The U.N. health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics.
nyti.ms
October 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The UN health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics. “Antibiotic resistance is widespread and threatening the future of modern medicine,” one WHO official said.
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Here is a look at how measles — one of the world’s most infectious viruses — takes over the body.
How Measles Attacks an Unvaccinated Child
With falling vaccination rates and outbreaks that have caused more than 580 U.S. cases and at least one death, health experts expect hundreds or even thousands more to be infected in the coming months...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here is a look at how measles — one of the world’s most infectious viruses — takes over the body.
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Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for thousands of years and is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. (via @us.theconversation.com)
Tuberculosis was once a disease in decline, but a resurgence in cases has health officials puzzled
Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but…
buff.ly
March 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for thousands of years and is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. (via @us.theconversation.com)
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“I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order, who ordered this and what the consequences will be,” District Judge James Boasberg said during a court hearing Friday.
Judge Vows to Probe if Trump Officials Defied Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order, who ordered this and what the consequences will be,” District Judge James Boasberg said during a court hearing Friday.
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Human Rights Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck on Double Standards in International Law, from Russia to U.S.
Human Rights Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck on Double Standards in International Law
Wolfgang Kaleck, founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, talks about the need for a universal, international criminal justice system instead of one where only some nations...
www.democracynow.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Human Rights Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck on Double Standards in International Law, from Russia to U.S.
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Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, says IOC chief
Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, says IOC chief
A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Games was the result of ‘a fake news campaign coming from Russia’, said Thomas Bach
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, says IOC chief
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“No Other Land” won the Oscar for best documentary. The movie, directed by two Israelis and two Palestinians, chronicles the Israeli military’s efforts to demolish Palestinian homes in an area of the southern West Bank known as Masafer Yatta.
‘No Other Land,’ whose politics deterred distributors, wins best documentary.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“No Other Land” won the Oscar for best documentary. The movie, directed by two Israelis and two Palestinians, chronicles the Israeli military’s efforts to demolish Palestinian homes in an area of the southern West Bank known as Masafer Yatta.
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President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday, a public confrontation unlike any seen between an American president and foreign leader in modern times. Here are key excerpts from the heated exchange.
Excerpts From the Fiery Exchange Between Trump and Zelensky at the White House
During the Oval Office meeting, President Trump told the Ukrainian leader: “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out.”
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday, a public confrontation unlike any seen between an American president and foreign leader in modern times. Here are key excerpts from the heated exchange.
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President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic. nyti.ms/4hilymo
Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic. nyti.ms/4hilymo
Recent legislative moves to amend Taiwan's Constitutional Court Procedure Act are dismaying ; the "reform" as claimed by some legislators in fact is performed with hostile intent to bring down constitutional democracy.
Why Taiwan’s Constitutional Court is in danger:
KUAN-WEI CHEN on an amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act that could paralyze the Constitutional Court - and why, at a minimum, the amendment's application should be suspended.
verfassungsblog.de/why-taiwans-...
KUAN-WEI CHEN on an amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act that could paralyze the Constitutional Court - and why, at a minimum, the amendment's application should be suspended.
verfassungsblog.de/why-taiwans-...
December 20, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Recent legislative moves to amend Taiwan's Constitutional Court Procedure Act are dismaying ; the "reform" as claimed by some legislators in fact is performed with hostile intent to bring down constitutional democracy.