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12Jan

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POLITICS

Other Countries Have Had Mixed Success In Holding Ex-Presidents Accountable – Prosecuting Trump Would Inevitably Be Political

When Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Jan. 5, 2022, that he would prosecute anyone involved in the Capitol riots, he was not only laying out his approach to the sprawling investigation of that attack. He also appeared to be responding to a growing number of people who have pressured him to announce he would criminally charge former President Donald Trump for the role he played in the day’s events. “The Justice Department remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law — whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy,” said Garland. “We will follow the facts wherever they lead.” No U.S. ex-president has ever been criminally charged. Prosecuting current or past top official...

One Potentially Dangerous Substance Likely To Be Mixed Into Illicit Drugs – Rat Poison

4Apr

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

One Potentially Dangerous Substance Likely To Be Mixed Into Illicit Drugs – Rat Poison

Health C. Michael White, University of Connecticut Over 150 people in Illinois started bleeding uncontrollably after using synthetic cannabis-based products – including fake marijuana, Spice and K2 – that contained the rat poison brodifacoum in March and April 2018. By the end of July 2021, these banned products were still being sold in 10 states and the District of Columbia, resulting in hundreds of severe bleeds and several deaths. Illicit drug use was responsible for an estimated 166,613 deaths worldwide in 2017 due to overdose. The increased risk of disease and injury associated with illicit drug use caused an additional estimated 585,348 premature deaths. And it’s impossible to tease out whether people were harmed by the drugs themselves or by the myriad impurities added to them. ...

Digital contact tracing’s mixed record abroad spells trouble for US efforts to rein in COVID-19

6Jul

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COVID-19

Digital contact tracing’s mixed record abroad spells trouble for US efforts to rein in COVID-19

Two public health measures – testing, to identify those infected, and contact tracing, to identify those who may have encountered an infected person – have become essential as countries around the world reopen their economies and fresh surges of COVID-19 infections appear. Even as testing ramps up, contact tracing with a wide enough net remains a daunting task. Contact tracing involves public health staff conducting interviews with infected people. Public health experts are calling for 180,000 more contact tracers, but progress on contact tracing has not been going well, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Enter digital innovations that offer a tantalizing promise: to automate the laborious task of alerting people who hav...

22Jan

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Journalism

Mixed messages as US marks Martin Luther King Jr Day

On the 90th birth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr, many used American icon's legacy to push political messages. January 15 marked what would have been King's 90th birthday [File: Jeff Kamen/Getty Images] For many Americans, Martin Luther King Jr Day is a time to reflect on his legacy and to hope for advances in racial equality yet to come. January 15 marked what would have been King's 90th birthday, which was nationally observed this year on Monday. For some, the celebration of King's birthday was a chance to reflect on his message of change onto other modern issues. On Sunday, the New York Times published an article by civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander that invoked King's name to criticise Israeli policies against Palestine. The comm...