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MLB’s return plan mirrors the Bundesliga’s. The key difference? It’s in the U.S., not Germany.

Washington Post, June 3, 2020. There are lots of challenges facing major league baseball’s efforts to avoid the coronavirus. We explain that one of the biggest challenges are the hot spot states where baseball teams are supposed to play.

DOT Wants to Weaken Its Own Power to Penalize Airlines Over Consumer Complaints

Fair Warning, July 1, 2020. Are airlines doing all they should to make flying safe again? Filling every seat is not a good idea, and that’s just one of many problems that make flying and buying airline tickets risky.

We can’t ever go to the doctor with our guard down’: Why Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer

Fortune Magazine: June 30, 2020 Black Americans are dying from the COVID-19 pandemic at a disproportionately high rate, and are also much more likely to die from many other health problems. Black women are less likely to develop breast cancer but 40% more likely to die from it than White women. The reasons behind this awful disparity are wide-ranging, and include systemic problems both within healthcare and far beyond it.

Will MLB’s health and safety plan hold up once baseball returns? It’ll be a tough task.

The Washington Post, June 24, 2020. Major League Baseball’s 2020 operations manual has strict, detailed instructions in the ball park, but Conduct Outside of Club Facilities, “feels vague and potentially problematic,” according to multiple public health experts who reviewed the manual.

Hahn Defends Using Less ‘Robust’ Data During COVID, But Critics Contend It Has Gone Too Far

Informa Pharma Intelligence, June 04, 2020. NCHR asserts that anecdotes are not data sets, this problematic situation can been seen in new drugs for coronavirus.