Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Needle-Free Flu Shot
From NBC News -
Needle-Free Flu Vaccine Patch Works as Well as a Shot
by MAGGIE FOX
A press-on patch that delivers flu vaccine painlessly worked as well as an old-fashioned flu shot with no serious side effects, researchers reported Tuesday.
People who tried out the patch said it was not difficult or painful to use, and tests of their blood suggested the vaccine it delivers created about the same immune response as a regular flu shot, the team reported in the Lancet medical journal.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/needle-free-flu-vaccine-patch-works-well-shot-n777386
Needle-Free Flu Vaccine Patch Works as Well as a Shot
by MAGGIE FOX
A press-on patch that delivers flu vaccine painlessly worked as well as an old-fashioned flu shot with no serious side effects, researchers reported Tuesday.
People who tried out the patch said it was not difficult or painful to use, and tests of their blood suggested the vaccine it delivers created about the same immune response as a regular flu shot, the team reported in the Lancet medical journal.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/needle-free-flu-vaccine-patch-works-well-shot-n777386
Fake Cover
An excerpt from the Hill -
Time asks Trump Organization to remove fake cover from golf clubs
BY OLIVIA BEAVERS
Time magazine has asked the Trump Organization to remove copies of a fake cover of President Trump that were on display at the company’s golf clubs, The Washington Post reported Tuesday afternoon.
The request came after the newspaper reported that at least four Trump-branded golf clubs had displayed a fake Time magazine cover that depicted Trump with the headline “Donald Trump: The ‘Apprentice’ is a television smash!”
The cover, dated March 1, 2009, was never published by the magazine at any point, a spokeswoman for Time confirmed.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339741-time-mag-asks-trump-org-to-remove-fake-cover-from-golf-clubs
Time asks Trump Organization to remove fake cover from golf clubs
BY OLIVIA BEAVERS
Time magazine has asked the Trump Organization to remove copies of a fake cover of President Trump that were on display at the company’s golf clubs, The Washington Post reported Tuesday afternoon.
The request came after the newspaper reported that at least four Trump-branded golf clubs had displayed a fake Time magazine cover that depicted Trump with the headline “Donald Trump: The ‘Apprentice’ is a television smash!”
The cover, dated March 1, 2009, was never published by the magazine at any point, a spokeswoman for Time confirmed.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339741-time-mag-asks-trump-org-to-remove-fake-cover-from-golf-clubs
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Skirting the System
From ProPublica -
THE LAST SHOT
Amid a surging opiate crisis, the maker of the anti-addiction drug Vivitrol skirted the usual sales channels. It found a captive market for its once-a-month injection in the criminal justice system.
By Alec MacGillis
https://www.propublica.org/article/vivitrol-opiate-crisis-and-criminal-justice
THE LAST SHOT
Amid a surging opiate crisis, the maker of the anti-addiction drug Vivitrol skirted the usual sales channels. It found a captive market for its once-a-month injection in the criminal justice system.
By Alec MacGillis
https://www.propublica.org/article/vivitrol-opiate-crisis-and-criminal-justice
White Collar Crime
From Literary Momma -
My Father, at Rikers
By ELIOT SLOAN
http://www.literarymama.com/creativenonfiction/archives/2017/06/my-father-at-rikers.html
My Father, at Rikers
By ELIOT SLOAN
http://www.literarymama.com/creativenonfiction/archives/2017/06/my-father-at-rikers.html
Serena
V.F. cover star @SerenaWilliams—world’s best athlete (plus, mom and wife-to-be)—still has her eyes on the prize https://t.co/kvYTrrcPdW pic.twitter.com/zTq6ZGYb4k— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 27, 2017
Shattered Dreams
From Wired -
A MURDER SHATTERS THE DREAMS OF IMMIGRANT TECH WORKERS
By LAUREN SMILEY
“He’s back, and he has a gun!”
Adam Purinton strode toward the patio of Austins Bar & Grill, a black and white cloth tied around his head and military-style medals pinned haphazardly to his white shirt.
He burst into the patio’s flimsy side door shouting, “Get out of my country!” and fired his handgun at two Indian men seated at a high table, according to eyewitnesses and police records. Customers screamed over the din of the TVs and dove for the ground. At least three bullets hit the man facing the door, Srinivas Kuchibhotla. Another bullet plunged into the leg of his friend, Alok Madasani, who crawled for the door before collapsing on the concrete. Alok’s wife was pregnant with their first child, due in four months, and all he could think of was living to see his baby’s face. Survive, he thought.
https://www.wired.com/story/adam-purinton-shooting-olathe-kansas/?mbid=nl_62717_EIC_p1&CNDID=
A MURDER SHATTERS THE DREAMS OF IMMIGRANT TECH WORKERS
By LAUREN SMILEY
“He’s back, and he has a gun!”
Adam Purinton strode toward the patio of Austins Bar & Grill, a black and white cloth tied around his head and military-style medals pinned haphazardly to his white shirt.
He burst into the patio’s flimsy side door shouting, “Get out of my country!” and fired his handgun at two Indian men seated at a high table, according to eyewitnesses and police records. Customers screamed over the din of the TVs and dove for the ground. At least three bullets hit the man facing the door, Srinivas Kuchibhotla. Another bullet plunged into the leg of his friend, Alok Madasani, who crawled for the door before collapsing on the concrete. Alok’s wife was pregnant with their first child, due in four months, and all he could think of was living to see his baby’s face. Survive, he thought.
https://www.wired.com/story/adam-purinton-shooting-olathe-kansas/?mbid=nl_62717_EIC_p1&CNDID=
Most Instagrammed
https://www.onthegotours.com/Instagram-wonders-world/
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/most-instagrammed-locations-sites
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/most-instagrammed-locations-sites
The Future of Swimming is Black
From the Washington Post -
The future of U.S. swimming is 6 feet 9, 17 years old — and African American
The future of U.S. swimming is 6 feet 9, 17 years old — and African American
By Dana O'Neil
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| Whitley was featured on the December 2015 cover of Sports Illustrated Kids. (Heinz Kleutmeier /AP) |
The combination of his competitive potential and his skin color makes Whitley perhaps the most important male swimmer to come along since Phelps, Gaines argues. Whitley has spent his entire high school career at Penn Charter, a prestigious Quaker school in Philadelphia known more for its academic rigor than its swimming success. Crystal Keelan, Whitley’s longtime coach, has built a more than respectable program at the school, but Whitley remains the only swimmer competing at a national — let alone international — level.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/the-future-of-us-swimming-is-6-feet-9-17-years-old--and-african-american/2017/06/26/1132fbb8-5a8d-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?utm_term=.f9639b9ff27c&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
From Leader to Laughingstock
From the Pew Research Center -
U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump’s Leadership
America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties
BY RICHARD WIKE, BRUCE STOKES, JACOB POUSHTER AND JANELL FETTEROLF
Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States. Trump and many of his key policies are broadly unpopular around the globe, and ratings for the U.S. have declined steeply in many nations. According to a new Pew Research Center survey spanning 37 nations, a median of just 22% has confidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs. This stands in contrast to the final years of Barack Obama’s presidency, when a median of 64% expressed confidence in Trump’s predecessor to direct America’s role in the world.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/
U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump’s Leadership
America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties
BY RICHARD WIKE, BRUCE STOKES, JACOB POUSHTER AND JANELL FETTEROLF
Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States. Trump and many of his key policies are broadly unpopular around the globe, and ratings for the U.S. have declined steeply in many nations. According to a new Pew Research Center survey spanning 37 nations, a median of just 22% has confidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs. This stands in contrast to the final years of Barack Obama’s presidency, when a median of 64% expressed confidence in Trump’s predecessor to direct America’s role in the world.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/
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