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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 75 Years After

Seventy-five years later, we commemorate the nuclear attacks and the unspeakable human suffering they inflicted, which remind us of the uniquely destructive capability of nuclear weapons and the importance of ensuring that they are never used in anger again.

08.05.20 | 3 min read
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Hopes are high for safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to be available in the fall, but the specter of political pressure looms

Come Tuesday, November 3rd – Election Day – Americans will exist in one of two realities: One reality in which COVID-19 vaccines deemed safe and effective are available to the electorate, or a different reality in which vaccines are still unavailable. Biopharma companies are optimistic their COVID-19 vaccines could be available as early as the […]

07.22.20 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Transforming Infant Nutrition to Give Every Baby a Strong, Healthy Foundation

A three-pronged approach to transform infant nutrition through the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition.

07.21.20 | 6 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Expanding the Health Policy Mission of the Veterans Health Administration

A proposal to coordinate and consolidate the healthcare innovation, demonstration, and implementation capacities of the VA and HHS.

07.21.20 | 1 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Building Trust In the Health Data Ecosystem

A proposal to build trust in the health data ecosystem.

07.21.20 | 1 min read
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75 Years Ago: The Trinity Nuclear Test

The first ever nuclear detonation––known as the Trinity test––took place in New Mexico on July 16th, 1945. In the decades that followed, nuclear testing contaminated lands, oceans, and people, and triggered a nuclear arms race that continues to this day.

07.16.20 | 4 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Harnessing Data Analytics to Improve the Lives of Individuals and Families: A National Data Strategy

A proposal to create and enable the conditions for federal, state, and local decision-makers to adopt use of modern data analytics.

07.14.20 | 1 min read
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FAS
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Navy Lab’s Future Is At Risk, Report Warns

Updated below The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) boasts an amazing record of achievement but its future is in jeopardy, according to a newly disclosed report of the Naval Research Advisory Committee that was suppressed by the Navy. NRL is widely recognized as a world class research institution that has made transformational discoveries in many scientific fields from space science […]

07.13.20 | 4 min read
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Hollywood and the Bomb

Among the lesser known consequences of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago was that it triggered a race between Hollywood movie studios MGM and Paramount to bring the story of the atomic bomb — or at least some commercialized version of it — to the American public as a major motion picture. […]

07.12.20 | 3 min read
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Weekly COVID-19 Disinformation Report for July 20: Masks, microchips, Michigan, and misinformation

Key Highlights Key Trends Ongoing conspiracy theories regarding mask use A video on Twitter claiming that the metal wire in store-bought face masks are 5G antennas received 1.3 million views and 14.7K Retweets and Comments. Another video followed the same pattern of conspiracy theories denouncing mask use as harmful or a systematic and “deep state” effort to control the public. Other […]

07.07.20 | 5 min read
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With Care, Research Labs Can Reopen, JASONs Say

University research laboratories that have been shuttered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic can safely reopen if they adopt measures needed to reduce vulnerability to the disease, according to a new report from the JASON science advisory panel. “A ramp up will take months and requires careful adherence to rules and processes,” the report said. “Researchers […]

07.02.20 | 2 min read
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Trends in US Military Deaths, and More from CRS

Of the 17,645 deaths of U.S. military personnel in all countries since 2006, a full 24% of them were “self-inflicted,” according to updated data from the Department of Defense as reported by the Congressional Research Service. “Self-inflicted” here means suicide as well as death due to alcohol or substance abuse. See Trends in Active-Duty Military Deaths […]

07.02.20 | 1 min read
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