Securing Possession of the Home in the COVID-19 Context: The Irish Experience
Rachael Walsh (Trinity College Dublin), Securing Possession of the Home in the COVID-19 Context: The Irish Experience, Property Responses to a Global Pandemic (Boggenpoel et al., eds. forthcoming 2021): The COVID-19 crisis has prompted reflection and at times radical legislative... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 23, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
A Scary Time for Teens? Compared to When?
David BoazIt ' s a scary time to be a teenager,blares the Washington Post. " 51 percent of teens said they felt this is a bad time to be growing up . . . and 62 percent of parents said the same. " Why?There are plenty of reasons both generations might feel this is a particularly difficult time to be a kid in high school: the prevalence of gun violence, the persistence of systemic racism, the specter of police brutality, the pressures of social media, the volatility of contemporary politics and, of course, the still enduring stress of thecoronavirus pandemic.Then there is the existential threat of climate change, which loom...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 21, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Every year I " do " Christopher Columbus
It no longer seems necessary since my view is suddenly becoming generally accepted. Buthere ' s an interesting piece on the origins of the observance. I don ' t think many people appreciate the stigma and discrimination once faced by Italian immigrants to the U.S. Like many the Irish and people from elsewhere in Southern and Eastern Europe, they didn ' t become " white " for at least a couple of generations. So the observance of Columbus day was important to the Italian-American community as a recognition that they are real Americans.However, as a federal holiday which carries symbolism for all Americans, it ' s a very bad...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 11, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 11th 2021
In conclusion, this study examined how age and the process of aging are associated with changes in the microbiome of the small intestine, using validated sampling and processing techniques. The most significant differences are higher relative abundance of the phylum Proteobacteria and decreased relative abundance of Bacteroidetes in older subjects when compared to the youngest group. The higher relative abundance of Proteobacteria appeared to affect other duodenal microbial taxa, leading to decreased microbial diversity and increased relative abundance of coliforms and of anaerobic bacteria. The small intestine is vital to...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 10, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Age versus Frailty as a Predictor of Mortality
A number of companies and research groups are performing drug discovery by using effects on frailty in mice as a readout. To what degree is frailty an adequate measure of the harms done by aging? One way to answer that question is to assess mortality in a human study population against a measure of frailty, with and without factoring in chronological age. Researchers here show that frailty is a fair marker for age-related mortality, but it is not a reflection of every degenerative, harmful process taking place under the hood. Frailty and age combined provide a better correlation with mortality than frailty alone, indicatin...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 Vaccination In The UK And Ireland: Ethics In Practice
Clayton Ó Néill (Queen's University), Mary-Elizabeth Tumelty (University College Cork), Mary Donnelly(University College Cork), Anne-Maree Farrell (University of Edinburgh), Rhiannon Frowde (University of Edinburgh), Linda Pentony (University College Cork), COVID-19 Vaccination In The UK And Ireland: Ethi cs In Practice, Edinburgh... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 29, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Capital Gains Taxes and the Democrats
Chris EdwardsPresident Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing to raise capital gains taxes. The Democratic proposals are radical and out of step with the treatment of capital gains in other high ‐income nations. I arguehere,here, andhere that higher capital gains taxes would damage America ’s technology industries and entrepreneurial economy.Let ’s look at capital gains tax rates in the high‐income OECD nations. In the chart below, the red bar in the middle is the current U.S. top rate of 29.2 percent, which is much higher than the OECD average of 19.1 percent. These rates, compiled by theTax Foundati...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 27, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 20 September, 2021.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. General Comment ----- Again a really quiet week – must be that all are just sick of COVID19 and hunkered down working away and keeping quiet! -----https://www.innovationaus.com/accenture-chosen-to-digitise-incoming-passenger-declaration-forms/ Accenture to digitise incoming passenger cards, add vaccine status Denham Sadler
National Affairs Edito...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 20, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Eight Reasons For Ending Joe Biden ’s Travel Bans
Ryan Bourne and Brad SubramaniamBack in July, Ioutlined why Joe Biden ’s crude COVID-19 travel bans on non-Americans coming from Europe, India, and a few other countries no longer made any sense from a public health perspective.Talk in Washington at the time was of lifting these restrictions by September. Well, here we are, mid-way through that month and the restrictions are going strong. Officials and diplomats now seem to think October or even Thanksgiving are the earliest potential dates for their removal. Some ponder whether the political incentives might point towards inactionuntil the mid-terms...which would mean b...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne, Brad Subramaniam Source Type: blogs
U.S. and World Economic Freedom Heading in Different Directions
Ian V ásquezTheEconomic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report, released today by the Fraser Institute and co ‐published in the United States by the Cato Institute, documents a slight rise in global economic freedom, continuing a notable, long‐term, though decelerating, trend over the past several decades. The study is based on data through 2019, the most recent year for which there is internati onally comparable data, so it does not account for the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Although the United States maintained its rank at 6th in this year ’s index, it is worrisome that its long‐term declin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 14, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Heaney At The Hirshhorn
Watched him chat politely. They'd hand him a book. He'd ask a question, then nod, sign, hand it back smiling. Then he’d look out over the big crowd loosely lined up, inching toward the table. Cloud of curly hair, the thickets of sideburns framing his face, kind eyes, inquisitive, the rectangle glasses perched on the big nose. So familiar. It was a loud space, excited happy chatter bouncing off the polished surfaces outside the auditorium. The reading had been a great success. He was funny and self-deprecating, leaven for the deep seriousness of the poems. He enjoyed performing. He was good at it. His...
Source: T. Scott - September 10, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: T Scott Source Type: blogs
Federal Government Debt Is Soaring
Chris EdwardsFederal government debt rose from $3.3 trillion in 2001, to $10.1 trillion in 2011, to $23.0 trillion in 2021. Under current law, the CBOexpects debt to rise to $35.8 trillion by 2031. If Congress passes the spending increases in the Democratic budget resolution, debt will rise to $40.1 trillion by 2031,according to CRFB. This is “debt held by the public,” meaning federal borrowing from domestic and foreign creditors.The chart scales the debt to the number of U.S. households. Debt per household under the Democratic plan would rise from $179,082 in 2021 to $288,047 by 2031. That debt is not like mortgage ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 2, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 1st September 2021
I have tagged other things on Twitter: #whatsnewinmidwifery.Some recent things you might want to know:AGuardian news report about MHRA investigations into any link between the COVID vaccine and miscarriage, and the COVID vaccine and changes to periods. And another on recent research on the effect of mothers ' speech on pain scores in preterm infants undergoing a painful procedure. There is areport in the Guardian, and theresearch article itself is open access.NICE has new guidance on antenatal care (which I may have mentioned before, but just in case...).Some new research:Does adding placental growth...
Source: Browsing - September 1, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Arguing for Equality
I just re-read the book of that name by political philosopher John Baker. He ' s a U.S. expat who mostly spent his adult life in the UK and Ireland. The book was first published in 1987. Sadly, inequality has greatly increased since then in the the U.S. and Britain. (As best I can tell, he ' s been at a university in Ireland since 1987.) The book is not academic at all. It ' s written in accessible, succinct everyday prose and intended for a general readership. He eschews the convolutions of analytic philosophy.Although the book is short and easy to read, it ' s packed with ideas and resists easy summary. But I do want to ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 18, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
