Nearly 50 years after the Supreme Court decided women have a constitutional right to terminate their pregnancy, things may be about to change. A leak of a draft decision obtained by Politico suggests the Court will soon overturn that case and return decisions on abortion to each state. Across the country, states have been busy […]
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POLL: FDA should not ban menthol cigarettes
The vast majority says the FDA should not ban menthol cigarettes. That's according to the latest unscientific poll of 885 people at SharylAttkisson.com. About 8% said the FDA should ban menthol cigarettes, but 89% said the agency should not. Should the FDA ban menthol cigarettes? 8% Yes 89% No 3% Maybe
16 national healthcare organizations: 'Continue public health emergency'
The following is an excerpt from Becker's Healthcare Review. The American Hospital Association and 15 other national healthcare organizations are calling on HHS to maintain the Covid-19 public health emergency. In a May 10 letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the organizations cited the continued risk from Covid-19 variants, as well as rising case rates in the U.S. "Advancements […]
(REPORT) US faces shortage of 450,000 nurses by 2025
The following is an excerpt from Becker's Hospital Review. The United States could see a deficit of 200,000 to 450,000 registered nurses available for direct patient care by 2025, a 10 to 20 percent gap that places great demand on the nurse graduate pipeline over the next three years. The new estimates and analysis come […]
Full Measure After Hours: Lucid Dreams and Dream Engineering (Podcast)
Sleep scientist Michelle Carr explains cutting edge research on dream engineering where we can learn how to take control of our own dreams.
Dream On: Behind the Mystery of Sleep and Dreams (Podcast)
Sleep scientist Wil Pigeon helps us pierce the secrets and promise of sleep science and how it could help improve our waking lives.
Dream On; Mother's Refuge; Whale Songs
For as critical as sleep is to our very survival, scientists know remarkably little about it. The same goes for the mysterious world of dreams. Sunday on Full Measure, I'll speak to two scientists on the cutting edge of sleep and dream research to find out what they're learning. Some of it has to do […]
(READ) 'Safety lapses' and 'violations' at US biosafety laboratories
New documentation shows that some of the the most secure and regulated high-containment biosafety laboratories in the US continue to have occurrences of mishaps, animal escapes, human errors, improper and defective personal protective equipment, facility equipment failures and containment failures. That's according to Judicial Watch's recent acquisition of 25 pagesย of redacted records and communications from […]
