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50 Years After Going Off Gold, the Dollar Must Go for Crypto: Niall Ferguson

(Bloomberg) – If we have learned nothing else from the past half-century, it is surely that the best way to win a race with totalitarian…

‘The one big lesson’ of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, according to Ian Bremmer

(Yahoo Finance) – As the last of the U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, one geopolitics expert thinks America's longest war left us with one key lesson.

Fourth annual Pete Frates 3 Golf Classic a smashing success once again

(Salem News) – Any time a group of people gets together to celebrate the life of the late, great Pete Frates, you can expect an abundance…

Pfizer director Dr. Scott Gottlieb says Covid vaccine for kids 5 to 11 could come by winter

(CNBC) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects U.S. drug regulators to clear the Pfizer Covid vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11 in…

Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” August 29, 2021

(CBS) – The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired on Sunday, August 29, 2021, on…

Osterholm: Schools should deploy air filters, ‘quality masking’ to mitigate spread of COVID-19

(ABC) – All across Minnesota, strong debate continues over COVID-19 safety protocols as classrooms start to open this year.

Gottlieb says COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for kids by early winter

(CBS) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner who sits on Pfizer's board of directors, says the company should be ready to apply for…

Draghi leverages the EU Covid fund to push reforms

Draghi leverages the EU Covid fund to push reforms Former ECB head Mario Draghi has made some adroit moves as Italy’s prime minister. He also…

The Need for a US National Clinical Trial Infrastructure in a Public Health Crisis

(JAMA) – In the absence of conclusive information, findings from speculative studies, observational data, and anecdotes were able to fill the ensuing information vacuum.

U.S. Army veteran Melissa Stockwell on her journey to Tokyo and what it means to serve on Team USA

(CBS) – Melissa Stockwell is the first female American soldier to ever lose a limb in active combat. Dana Jacobson recently met Stockwell at the…

CNN’s Leana Wen: ‘Public health is now under attack in a way that it has not been before’

(Washington Post) – Leana Wen, 38, is a physician, a CNN medical analyst, a contributing columnist at The Washington Post, and a former Baltimore health…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali blasts White House response to Afghanistan: ‘Incompetence taken to cartoonish levels’

(FOX) – 'What is really alarming is the people we elected to run our government are totally incompetent,' the human rights activist said