Hegemonic Blackmail: Allied Pressure and U.S. Intervention
Discussions of military intervention often focus on the U.S. invasion of Iraq. This is entirely understandable: the war in Iraq was a catastrophic foreign policy choice that is still reshaping the political landscape of the Middle East today.Yet the Iraq war is unusual in many ways. There was no existing civil war or humanitarian crisis, a factor which has driven many of America ’s other post-Cold War interventions in Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo and Libya. The United States also undertook the invasion of Iraq largely alone and against the wishes of other countries; unable to gain support from the majority of its NATO allies,...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 12, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Emma Ashford Source Type: blogs
Being queer in the jungle: The unique challenges of LGBTQ scientists working in the field
The Stonewall Riots occurred on June 28, 1969. It was this summer evening that sparked the Gay Rights Movement. Now, forty-eight years later, the world celebrates Pride Month every June to celebrate, honor, support, and fight for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.
The queer community is resilient. No matter what obstacles they encounter, their battle to live, pursue their passions, and contribute to society endures. For many queer people that passion is science. Queer scientists such as Alan Turing who was crucial in ending World War II, and Sara Josephine Baker who made unprecedented br...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - June 28, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ben Ragen Tags: Uncategorized field research LGBTQ Source Type: blogs
Statement on Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act of 2017 – H.R. 2826
Discussion Paper No. 2919, 21 July 2007.http://repec.iza.org/dp2919.pdf.[24] Mark Bils. “Pricing in a Customer Market.” Q.J.E. 104, 1989.http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2937863?uid=3739560&uid=2&uid=4&ui … 69230837.Saul Lach, “Immigration and Prices,” The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2007.http://www.uh.edu/~adkugler/Lach.pdf.Robert E. Lipsey and Birgitta Swedenborg, “Explaining Product Price Differences Across Countries,” National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2007.http://www.nber.org/papers/w13239.[25] Alex Nowrasteh, “Huge Net Costs from Trump’s New E...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 14, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Public Health Funding And OMB Director Mulvaney ’s “Taxpayer First” Test
The first formal budget of the Trump era—billed as a “Taxpayer First” budget—contains some very bad news when it comes to the health of the American public. It proposes dramatic cuts in federal investments that keep us healthy and protected from harm, including a $1.2 billion cut from the budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is on top of the catastrophic cuts that will occur with the loss of the Prevention and Public Health Fund if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
It is the opposite of both what American taxpayers have asked for and what is owed to them.
Office of Management and...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 8, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Edward L. Hunter Tags: Costs and Spending Featured GrantWatch Public Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Care Consumers Effectiveness Health Philanthropy Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW vaccines Source Type: blogs
Bad viruses travel fast: Measles vaccine important for travelers
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The United States was declared free from ongoing measles transmission in 2000. So why are we still having measles attacks? An outbreak of measles is currently raging in Minnesota. In 2015, 125 cases of measles occurred in California, and in 2014, 383 people were infected with measles in an Amish community in Ohio.
How measles outbreaks happen
There are several reasons why we are still at risk for measles outbreaks. Travelers may get infected overseas, and bring the measles virus back into the country with them unawares. The 2015 measles outbreak in Ohio began when two infected members of the Amish ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Health Infectious diseases Prevention Travel health Source Type: blogs
Appeals Court Relies Heavily on Cato Work Against the Immigration Ban
Yesterday, inIRAP v. Trump, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit —which handles appeals from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina—uphelda preliminary injunction against portions of President Trump ’s Executive Order banning entry of individuals from six African and Middle Eastern countries. On critical points, thecourt ’s opinion and the concurring opinions cite or rely upon Cato ’s work about the order.Ten of the 13 judges found that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in showing that the order violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitut...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 26, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
The annals of “ I ’ m not antivaccine, ” part 24: Antivaxers threaten to dox Boston Herald employees over the newspaper ’ s use of imagery much less offensive than what antivaxers use on a daily basis
Last week, the Boston Herald published an editorial about how antivaxers deceived a community of Somali immigrants in Minnesota, referring to the spreading of deadly misinformation as a "hanging offense." Antivaxers took an ill-advised idiom and turned it into a threat of mass lynchings, ignoring their own violent imagery about vaccines and portraying themselves as "pro-vaccine," and used it as justification to threaten to publish the home addresses and phone numbers of newspaper employees. Yes, they are disingenuous and hypocritical as hell. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 16, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Boston Herald Holocaust lynching Mike Adams Minnesota racism Somali vaccines Source Type: blogs
The annals of “ I ’ m not antivaccine, ” part 24: Violent imagery for me but not for thee
Last week, the Boston Herald published an editorial about how antivaxers deceived a community of Somali immigrants in Minnesota, referring to the spreading of deadly misinformation as a "hanging offense." Antivaxers took an ill-advised idiom and turned it into a threat of mass lynchings, ignoring their own violent imagery about vaccines and portraying themselves as "pro-vaccine." Yes, they are disingenuous and hypocritical as hell. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 16, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Boston Herald Holocaust lynching Mike Adams Minnesota racism Somali vaccines Source Type: blogs
The Somali measles outbreak in Minnesota: Thanks again, Andy (and American antivaxers), for the measles
Antivaxers targeted a. vulnerable community of Somali immigrants in Minnesota. The result: A large (and growing) measles outbreak. Thanks, Andy. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 12, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Autism Canary Party Health Choice Mark Blaxill measles Minnesota MMR Organic Consumers Association Somali Vaccine Safety Counci Source Type: blogs
Thanks for the measles yet again, Andy: Antivax vultures swoop in to spread misinformation among the Minnesota Somali immigrant community
Antivaccine activists have been targeting the community of Somali immigrants in Minnesota for over a decade now, with devastating results. In the midst of a growing measles outbreak, antivaxers have descended upon the community to keep promoting antivaccine quackery. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 5, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Andrew Wakefield antivaccine Mark Blaxill Minnesota Somali vaccines Source Type: blogs
Thanks for the measles yet again, Andy
Yet another population is learning why you shouldn't trust Andrew Wakefield. There is a large Somali immigrant population in Minnesota, and unfortunately they've been targeted by antivaxers. As a result, their MMR uptake has plummeted, and now they're in the midst of another measles outbreak. Andrew Wakefield screws yet another group. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 1, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Andrew Wakefield immigrant Minnesota Somali Source Type: blogs
Four Ways the President ’s New Immigration Ban Undercuts His Own Arguments
President Trump signeda new executive order temporarily banning all immigration from several majority-Muslim countries. The entire point of the new order is to place his ban on more secure legal footing, but in several respects, the new order actually undermines the defenses that he has given over the past month.“Delaying implementation puts our country in peril!”After a judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the original order for a few days to get a hearing to listen to further arguments on both sides, President Trumptweeted:Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 6, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Don ’t repeal the ACA without a replacement
Whether rejoicing or mourning, millions of Americans awoke on January 21st feeling suddenly at the threshold of a new and uncertain era. However, in public safety-net emergency departments across the nation — like Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where we work — the service of healing continued seamlessly, paying no heed to the national drama that has unfolded for the past several months.
That day and into the night, there were simple moments that typify and define our work. Picking up an elderly homeless woman’s shoes. Using a translator phone to ensure a Somali teenager had the right insulin dose. Jump...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 9, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anna-e-condino-andrew-g-lim-paul-w-charlton-and-sabiha-k-barot" rel="tag" > Anna E. Condino, MD, MPH, Andrew G. Lim, MD, Paul W. Charlton, MD, and Sabiha K. Barot, MD, PhD < /a > Tags: Policy Health reform Source Type: blogs
Conflicted Public Reaction to Trump's Immigration Executive Order
Last Friday, President Trumpissued an executive order temporarily barring entry of refugees, visitors, and immigrants —including those with green cards—from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. During this delay, the government is tasked with making its screening process more extensive. The order indefinitely bans refugees from Syria.As Henry Entennotes, we ’ll have to wait until we have more polling data to ascertain how the public will judge the action, but polling over the past year gives us some clues.Slim but Shy Support Most polls throughout 2015-2016 found about 56% of Americans opposed Trump ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 2, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Ekins Source Type: blogs
