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Undermining the US CDC puts lives at risk

I n the midst of a devastating pandemic, President Donald Trump is destroying the CDC’s ability to discharge its most vital responsibility: to maintain active surveillance of diseases by gathering, analysing and reporting data. Even by this president’s low standards, this is unconscionable. With Covid-19 surging out of control and healthcare workers in many states struggling to keep up with ...

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US must do better on its second Covid-19 test

In combating Covid-19, the US stumbled into a “natural experiment” whose national negative outcomes have outweighed the positive ones, including greater loss of life and more cases of debilitating illness, not to mention a setback to economic recovery. Now it faces a second natural experiment whose outcome is also likely to be disappointing unless we are willing to learn more ...

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Airbus calls for UK to step up aviation research after Brexit

Bloomberg Airbus SE called for increased UK investment in sustainable aviation to supplement budgets strained by the coronavirus crisis and help safeguard the country’s position as a major player in the industry. Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury, speaking on a panel on Monday for the virtual Farnborough Air Show, said Britain has put advances in decarbonisation and digitisation high on ...

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