Weekend Links
Emily Oster on the power of nuance in public health. When did sustained economic growth begin? NYT: Rethinking drinking? Lex Fridman interviews Javier Milei (en español). Dumbest state “law” of the month
Category: Current Events
Trump, RFK Jr. and Vaccines
The Washington Post reports on a meeting between President-elect Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and a number of CEOs of pharmaceutical firms. When the topic turned to vaccines, the discussion was not about banning the products, the three people said. Kennedy spoke about the need for better study of the vaccine dosing schedule for newborns…
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Drug use and homicide rates. In 2024, ~10% of Anguilla’s GDP will come from fees for its .ai domain name. The cost of next generation sequencing for cancer patients. Chernew: Medicare at 60. Econ PhD job market is down. Egypt is malaria free!
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When is a public health problem a crisis? LA has the worst quality roads. CERN explained. IV fluid shortage. Too many 3-pointers.
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Employee opinions on their health insurance. Republican vs. Democratic physicians. States’ perspective on private equity in health care. California’s expansion of Medi-Cal for Unauthorized Residents. 4D geometry.
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Mental health from remote educational instruction. Halloween health tips. “Dreamers” and ACA plan eligibility. Using muons to ‘x-ray’ the pyramids of Egypt. A Milwaukee legend.
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Pharmaceutical clinical trials leaving Europe. Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science turns 20. Banach Fixed-Point Theorem explained Recent health policy trends in California. AI scan for bone fractures approved by NHS.
What is microRNA and why did its discovery merit this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine?
This year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to Victor Ambros, currently a Professor of Natural Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. The two men won the award for their discovery of microRNA. One of the key questions of science is figuring…
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When Interest Rates Go Low, Should Public Debt Go High? ROI for SDOH interventions. Consumption responses to sweetened beverage taxes. Do health care quality improvement policies work for all? “Provider respondents reported spending time equivalent of more than 100 000 full-time registered nurses per year on prior authorization. ”
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Hatch Waxman turns 40. FDA: Integrating RCT into routine clinical practice. Cost of care under Medicare vs. Medicaid. The Less-Efficient Market Hypothesis. Semaglutide and COVID-19. Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science turns 20.