In recent years, there have been numerous cases of researchers using questionable ethics in their experiments on humans. A new dispute has grown around a medical implant offered to prison inmates in Louisiana. Critics say the project qualifies as a medical experiment and has not been approved by the FDA. Supporters, including the makers of […]
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Study: Vitamin D may reduce risk of and treat COVID-19
A recent study suggests that Vitamin D reduces the risk of infection with COVID-19 and influenza and could help treat those already infected with COVID-19. The following is the abstract of the study, re-printed in its entirety: Abstract The world is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health measures that can reduce the […]
READ: Flynn's attorney demands docs that are still withheld by Flynn's former attorneys
In a new court filing, the attorney for Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn demands that Flynn's former attorneys stop alleged stonewalling on turning over information about the case. Flynn used to be represented by Covington & Burling, a firm that included prominent political figures such as former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, former Obama Assistant Attorney […]
WATCH: Update on coronavirus antibody testing
An update to our interview with Stanford scientist Jay Bhattacharya who worked on one of the first coronavirus antibody studies. Sharyl: Early results in Santa Clara County, California show up to about four percent of people, 81,000, had Covid-19 without knowing it. So the true number of infected could be 85 times higher than officials […]
Tanzania suspends head of national health lab after fruit tests positive for COVID-19
Tanzania has suspended the head of its national health laboratory after President John Magufuli questioned the accuracy of the lab's COVID-19 tests. That's according to Reuters. Magufuli said the imported COVID-19 test kits were faulty, after they returned positive results on several non-human samples submitted for testing under the guise that they were human samples. […]
WATCH: Should facial recognition tech be used in public schools?
In the ongoing mission to make our schools as safe as possible, some officials are turning to advanced technology like facial recognition. But that’s sparking concerns about privacy. Joce Sterman takes us to one of the first schools to deploy the technology. Joce: It might sound like primetime drama, but facial recognition is real. Artificial […]
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Slanted: How the news media taught us to love censorship and hate journalism. I consider this the third in a trilogy about the devolution of "the news" as we once knew it. First there was Stonewalled. Then, The Smear. Now: pre-order "Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism" by […]
WATCH: How do we go from oil bust back to boom?
We begin with the Texas oil boom-now-turned-bust thanks to a bad case of coronavirus. The pandemic has added a terrible new chapter to one of the most epic economic stories of our time. In 2018, the U.S. became the world’s largest producer of crude oil. And just as that helped lift the whole nation’s wealth, […]
