News briefs Fetterman rejected a debate with Oz and now the Pa. Senate race is descending further into name-calling Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022
Yale psychiatrist loses attempt to get her job back after assertions about then-President Trump’s mental health HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale psychiatrist who was not reappointed after she called now former President Donald Trump “delusional” and responsible for spreading a “shared psychosis” among his followers has lost an attempt to win back her position. Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022
Club 60: Meet the 19 players who have signed for a 60 in college golf There's an elite, exclusive club in the world of college golf where new members are rarely added. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 31, 2022
Maybe US mainstream media should begin using the term ‘fascism’ My tweet about Ron DeSantis provoked outrage in rightwing media – perhaps it hit the nerve of the fascism now taking root in the Republican party? The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2022
Court Rejects Suit by Volunteer Yale Psych Professor Fired for Public Diagnosis of Trump and Alan Dershowitz "In January 2020, you called for 'an involuntary evaluation' of President Trump, and you said, 'I am beginning to believe a mental health hold ... will become inevitable.' That same month, you publicly suggested that President Trump, Rudolph Giuliani and Alan Dershowitz had a 'shared psychosis.'" Reason · Aug 30, 2022
From pandemic to endemic, is Thailand ready? The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesperson Taweesilp Visanuyothin said last week that the government will declare Covid-19 as endemic in October. The decision to label the infectious disease as endemic was based on the relatively limited number of severe cases and fatalities. Bangkok Post · Aug 28, 2022
Nearly 50,000 people held in solitary confinement in US, report says Study says between 41,000 and 48,000 prisoners subjected to ‘restrictive housing’, which UN considers a form of torture The Guardian - US · Aug 24, 2022
Freedom Biosciences Gets $10.5M In Seed Financing For Psychedelics Research, This Is What We Know Freedom Biosciences achieved a major $10.5 million in a seed financing round in which MBX Capital, PsyMed Ventures, Village Global and The Yale Startup, among others, participated. Benzinga · Aug 23, 2022
Trump FBI search riles GOP ahead of National Archives nominee’s hearing WASHINGTON — The Yale Ph.D. who’s been nominated to lead the National Archives faces a hostile path to confirmation as GOP senators vow to “absolutely demand answers” after the agency prompted the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home. Tribune News Service · Aug 20, 2022
Scientists hope nasal vaccines will help halt Covid transmission Unlike jabs, nasal vaccines target the respiratory tract, the body’s first line of defence against infection The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022
Sports stadiums echo ancient divisions More than 230 amphitheatres, among the largest and most memorable monuments left to us by the Romans, survive in cities from northern England to the banks of the Jordan River. The Romans built amphitheatres for more than 500 years in a range of sizes -- from a capacity of a… Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022
Noah Feldman: There's a lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And that's OK Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices went to Harvard or Yale law schools. So did nearly a fifth of the federal judiciary. This rankles some politicians, watchdog groups and others who see it as an outrageous manifestation of elitism that needs to be changed, given how much power this… Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022
Trump’s worst toadies hold degrees from Harvard and Yale. Did they learn anything? Politicians educated at some of the US’s most elite universities are spreading conspiracy theories that they surely know are untrue. What happened to ‘service and stewardship’? The Guardian - US · Aug 7, 2022
The Real Weed Trendsetters: 12 Cannabis Lifestyle Reporters Nominated For This Prestigious Award The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference has something new for its upcoming Chicago conference, September 13-14, after the overwhelming success of our 4/20 Miami event. Benzinga · Aug 5, 2022
ABC News · Aug 4, 2022 Organ decay halted, cell function restored in pigs after death, say Yale researchers The new process could be a step towards improved organ donation — and also raises questions regarding how we think about death.
Inverse · Aug 3, 2022 Ground-breaking technology restores dead organs back to life-like state A new technique to restore the organs in a body all at once could one day help get much-needed organs to those waiting on the transplant list.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2022 ‘Un-American girl’: how Beyoncé uses the power of pleasure to transcend a country on fire The star’s new album Renaissance weaves Black dance music history, feminism and queer thought into an ecstatic masterpiece that defies marginalisation
Salon · Aug 1, 2022 Don trumps Ron: DeSantis is no dirtbag Sorry, Republican elites, but a stiff-necked Bible bully who graduated both Yale and Harvard can't win Trump's base
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022 What is Paxlovid? Everything you need to know about Joe Biden’s antiviral Covid drug treatment Late-stage clinical trial found nearly 90 per cent effectiveness from antiviral pill
Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022 Bucs plan to survive, if not thrive, without Rob Gronkowski TAMPA, Fla. ― Whether retired or waiting to be rehired, Rob Gronkowski isn’t walking through the door of the Bucs’ tight ends room when the full squad reports to training camp this week. At least, we don’t think so.
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022 John Froines: Chemist charged in Chicago Seven trial The antiwar activist was part of court proceedings that gripped the US in 1969, becoming a touchstone for the era’s disquiet and divisions
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 What is Paxlovid? Everything you need to know about the antiviral Covid drug being taken by Joe Biden Late-stage clinical trial found nearly 90 per cent effectiveness from antiviral pill
The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2022 Biden must cancel all student loan debt, including for those with graduate degrees Politicians argue that canceling student debt will mainly benefit doctors and lawyers. But it is first-generation graduates of color who are struggling to make payments
The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022 Claes Oldenburg obituary Pop artist famed for his ‘soft sculptures’ and outsized monuments to everyday objects
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 18, 2022 Artist Claes Oldenburg, maker of huge urban sculptures including Chicago’s Batcolumn, dies at 93 The Swedish-born Oldenburg drew on the sculptor’s eternal interest in form, by reimagining ordinary items in fantastic contexts.