The Washington Post, July 10, 2020. MLB’s testing process has been beset by problems, threatening to undermine players’ confidence in the safety of playing under these trying circumstances.
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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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Women with Breast Implants Should Not Need to Wait for Safety Information They Urgently Need
Our Bodies, Ourselves, July 1, 2020. In response to the demands of thousands of breast implant patients, the FDA proposed that a black box warning be affixed to all implant packages to inform women and their doctors about the most serious risks of breast implants.
Read More »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.
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