Parademic Notes Week Ending 180610

Read This First, Heuristics (1), Glossary (A-H), Mini Lessons (2)

1. One Health Competencies, 2. Media Control and Containment, 3. Climate Has no Borders, 3.1. Communicating with Climate Change Denier, 4. Historical Social Determinates of Health, 5. Zika Sequela , 6. Minitru, 7. Disgust, 8. Needle Stigma, 9. Knowing vs Knowledge, 10. G7 Environment, <ADDED >VCP, >1. Left or Right. >2. PAHPA, >3. India Nipah,  >4. Chernobyl Milk, >5. Congo Ebola, >6. Dilemma to Try, >7. Unexplained Sonic Attacks, >8. Puerto Rico.

Other Topics: BioTrumpism, BioPolitics, Vaccine, Biosphere, Disaster, Humor, Climate Change, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Communication, Globalization, Medical Surveillance, Public Health Law, Free Speech, Anti-Science, Journalism, Narrative, Social Manipulation, India, Air Pollution, Opioids, Education, China Health Diplomacy

-1. Core Competencies in One Health Education: What Are We Missing. Today’s public health challenges are complex and crosscutting. Antimicrobial resistance, pollution, food security, biosafety, biosecurity, and emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are associated with changes in land use, population growth, urbanization, global travel and trade, industrial activities, and climate change. Stakeholders have made efforts to address these issues; however, in recent years, the proliferation of antimicrobial resistant organisms infecting humans and animals, political and natural disaster related food insecurity, and outbreaks of many diseases, have highlighted our vulnerability to emerging infectious diseases among other crises. In response, a transdisciplinary approach among human, animal, plant, and environmental health disciplines, described as One Health, has gained support and visibility because of its capacity to synergistically address these challenges. This specifically addresses social science, social determinates of health, as part of One Health. Over time there will be refinement of the social competencies (literally Anthropology through Zombology, and not limited to sciences) The National Academy of Medicine Perspectives is a wealth of parademic information. How Globalization Changed the Way We Fight Disease, <ADDED 180520-171119-2.1>7.

-2. Unpublished Chinese Censorship Document Reveals Sweeping Effort to Eradicate Online Political Content. It specifies the types of political discourse that are prohibited, ...... Social topics deemed sensitive are forbidden, including ..... epidemics ..... The environment is a sensitive topic, and the document bans airing of investigation results or incident causes related to smog, water protection and soil pollution. H5N1 addition This sounds like a codification of a longstanding ban on publishing "rumours" of outbreaks. During the SARS outbreak, the authorities said very little, but Western expat bloggers did a good job of reporting cases in their own schools and neighbourhoods. The Chinese greatly improved their reporting when H7N9 came along, but those days are over. This may be in part that this avoids adverse information that would hurt the perception of China Increasingly Challenges American Dominance of Science. Overall this sounds like a document that is in line with biotrumpism policies and rhetoric regarding the first amendment and anti-science, Can the President Control the Speech of Federal Agencies 10↓. in This dilemma of controlling harmful speech or allowing it is a wicked problem, Are Google and Facebook Responsible for the Medical Quackery They Host. Social media algorithms help charlatans spread autism cures, vaccine disinformation, and AIDS denialism through online videos. Who’s really to blame. Bad News Becomes Hysteria in Crowds. Stories about terrorism, disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and other potential threats become increasingly negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to person. In parademic this is the process of Sharpening, Leveling, Assimilation -180506-4 that creates myths and rumors, conspiracy theories and anti-science.

-3. How Climate Change Could Make the Migrant Crisis Worse. Migration from more than 100 countries between 2000 and 2014 is linked to temperature fluctuations, Unchecked climate change could drive a 188% increase in the number of refugees seeking asylum in Europe annually by the end of the century, as migrants escape temperature extremes that disrupt livelihoods and aggravate some geopolitical conflicts. Even if a global effort slows the pace of global warming along the lines outlined in the Paris Agreement, there will be close to a 30% increase in the number of asylum applications. A majority of climate change damages occur in developing countries, and you might think that Europe or the U.S. are isolated from this, but that overlooks spillovers and how we’re interconnected. The effects of climate change can quickly extend beyond borders. | The Pentagon will continue to consider the effects of climate change , but the broader U.S. shift on climate change will keep the U.S. from proactively addressing climate change in a way that could protect from a new migrant crisis. The Trump administration has said it will not consider the impact of climate change outside the U.S. when calculating the benefits of climate change policies. This is short sighted, incidents that occur abroad come back to hurt you in your own country. Migration Health Division - Ebola Response Bulletin, 5 June 2018, 180603-1.1↓.

            -3.1. What Should You Say to a Climate Change Skeptic. Start by looking for common ground. We all depend on the same planet for our survival, and all of us want a good outcome. Also, recognize that there’s a grain of truth in most of the arguments put out by climate skeptics — or at least an intriguing question that climate scientists have considered at some point. Acknowledging the merits of these ideas often leads to more productive discussions. | Always ask skeptics about the data their argument is based on. If it’s from an isolated location or a small chunk of time, it may not be representative of the bigger picture. | When looking for something to blame for rising temperatures, skeptics tend to focus on natural factors that can shift over time, such as the intensity of the sun, the amount of volcanic activity or changes in Earth’s orbit. They may even acknowledge the role of certain man made pollutants like ozone or aerosols. But all of these factors are dwarfed by the impact of greenhouse gases. Every time the climate has changed in ways that scientists can measure, carbon dioxide has had something to do with it. What’s Warming the World, Heat Trapping Carbon Dioxide Levels in Air Hit Another High. | Where did all that carbon dioxide come from then. When looking at the concentrations of CO2 over time, nothing interesting happened until we started burning coal, Energy Chief Defends Trump Directive on Coal, Nuclear Plants, A Costly, Deadly Obsession with Coal, Trump Officials Took Actions on Energy Policies Suggested by Coal Tycoon. That’s when atmospheric CO2 really picked up — and it’s increased exponentially ever since. Climate change skeptics often point out that volcanic eruptions and decaying plants also send carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But multiple studies have shown that human activity produces at least 60 times more carbon dioxide than volcanoes do each year. While it’s true that plants produce more carbon dioxide than humans, they clean up after themselves — and even pick up some of our slack. | Climate change deniers say the sun is the obvious source of the planet’s heat. After all, it’s constantly bathing us in 173,000 terawatts of energy. That’s about 10,000 times more than enough to meet the entire world’s annual energy needs. But solar activity has actually decreased since 1950, experts said. This means that if nothing else had changed, we would be experiencing a cooling cycle right now. | Climate change has occurred naturally in the past, but that doesn’t mean natural causes are responsible this time. And just because the climate has changed before doesn’t mean we want it to happen again, especially this quickly. In the past, rapid changes were usually pretty hard on living creatures (to include humans) that didn’t have enough time to adapt to their new conditions. | Recognize that this is a political debate, not a scientific one. Skeptics like to say that scientists don’t agree on climate change, but the truth is that the consensus is overwhelming. It’s important to understand where science ends and politics begins, make a point of separating the two. Many people are not suspicious of the science, but rather of the consequences associated with climate change. | Understand why people may be misinformed. Some industry groups who oppose environmental regulation have made a concerted effort to confuse the public (and government) about climate change. Additionally, media reports tend to include two sides to every story, including those about climate change. But that implies that both sides have equal weight, even when they don’t. Finally, the sheer volume of climate change information is daunting. Many don’t have the time or energy to sort fact from fiction. Because there’s so much noise, people tend to disengage. | Finally; know when to cut your losses. If they are a skeptic they are seeking information. If they are a denier nothing will change their mind. -10↓.

            -‡. Russia Wants to Protect Itself from Climate Change – Without Reducing Carbon Emissions 2017. [Cartoon]. Economic Models Significantly Underestimate Climate Change Risks, policymakers are being misinformed. The Story of Coal in the 21^st Century, in One Amazing Map. Pope to Oil Execs: Energy Needs Mustn't Destroy Civilization. Carbon Dioxide (Co2) Levels this Century Will Alter the Protein, Micronutrients, and Vitamin Content of Rice Grains with Potential Health Consequences for the Poorest Rice Dependent Countries. What If Climate Change Is Real Video, and Katharine Hayhoe response to a climate change denier, 10↓.

-4. This is an early example of the recognition of social determinants of health. The Woman Who Challenged the Idea that Black Communities Were Destined for Disease. In the late 19^th century, the idea that disease and death proliferated in poor black communities was taken as a given, even among doctors. Physician Rebecca J. Cole, one of the first black women doctors in America, pushed back against this racist assumption over a 30 year career in public health. As both a physician and an advocate, she worked to give her own community the tools and education they needed to change their circumstance, inspiring generations of doctors who focused specifically on black communities. | At the turn of the 20th century, tuberculosis posed a particular problem for black communities. Even as rates of infection went down among white people, they shot up among black people. Not all physicians agreed on the cause of this disparity. There was a belief after the Civil War that the enslaved had never had tuberculosis, and it was only after the Civil War that you see more cases of tuberculosis in black people. physicians refused to treat black communities based on a prevailing belief that disease was inherent and so treating them would only waste public resources. Even black physicians observed that there tuberculosis was more prevalent after slavery, but the difference, is that they pointed to social conditions, some argued that one reason for the high rates of tuberculosis among black people was their ignorance of proper hygiene. Cole, however, did not see the problem as stemming from ignorance in black people so much as a failure of white physicians to treat infected black people. She went further, challenging discriminatory housing practices and opportunistic landlords that kept black people living in unhealthy conditions and thus made them more prone to contagious diseases. [Poster, Cartoon, Cartoon].

            -Quotes: It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. Somewhere we must make it clear that we are concerned about the survival of the world. – Martin Luther King Jr.

-5. From Shrieks in Bucket to Laughs, Brazil Zika Baby Improves. It’s well before dawn, but Jose Wesley Campos giggles nonstop as his mother plays with his thick glasses while preparing to take the toddler to a doctor’s appointment three hours away. That is a happy contrast from the child’s first months, when Jose, who was born with an abnormally small head amid an outbreak of the Zika virus in northeast Brazil, would shriek uncontrollably. Desperate, Ferreira would calm the boy by putting him in a bucket of water. Jose has shown modest improvement. He can keep his head up thanks to therapy that has strengthened his neck and torso. He gets a lot of stimulation from his three older brothers, who play with him and help with exercises at home. His eyes no longer wander aimlessly, but instead focus on whatever is in front of him. He also can utter three words that are a mix of truncated Portuguese sounds: “goo,” “gui” and “ma” for oatmeal, dad and mom, respectively. Some Brazil Zika Kids Try School, Others Fight to Survive. A Look at Zika and its Link to Microcephaly.

-6. What’s in a Name. Trump Wants to Re Name HHS, Move Certain Safety Net Programs into Agency. Sources say the president wants to shift the food stamp program out from the Agriculture Department and into HHS. But the biggest changes outlined by the White House are unlikely to be implemented because moving multibillion dollar programs and renaming federal departments generally requires congressional action. First noted this in <ADDED 180408-180301-5.4>6, about the renaming of PHE. -180603-1.1↓. Trump Prepping Plan to Reorganize Welfare Programs. ICE Agent Trying to Think of Fun Name for Jail Cell Before Locking up Immigrant Child.

-7. Disgusting Things Fall Into Six Gross Categories. Open sores, body odors and other indicators of possible disease transmission top the list of things that gross us out. Why is it that a boil bulging with pus fills most of us with revulsion, while a similar looking cream puff makes us lick our lips. The reason is the interesting emotion known as disgust. Researchers have long hypothesized that the purpose of disgust in humans and other animals is to keep individuals away from possible infection—an idea called the parasite avoidance theory. Most of the things humans find disgusting fall in to six categories, all related to how likely they are to possibly transmit disease. poor hygiene, disease ridden animals, sexual behaviors, atypical appearance such as deformity, visible lesions and other signs of infection (infected wounds being the most disgusting). Decaying or contaminated food is also high in digust with its violations of hygiene norms, like smelling bad (decay), likely because they could be indicators of disease or infection. It’s no coincidence that the scenarios most likely to cause transmission of disease are the ones humans find most disgusting. ¶ Parasite Stress Theory, proposes that parasites and diseases encountered by a species shape the development of species' values and qualities. The differences in how parasites and diseases stress people's development is what leads to differences in their biological mate value and mate preferences, as well as differences across culture. Parasites causing diseases pose potential ecological hazards and, subsequently, selection pressures can alter psychological and social behaviours of humans, as well as have an influence on their immune systems.

-8. HIV, Hepatitis and now One More Dangerous Complication of the Opioid Epidemic: Superbugs, Stigma of Safe Needle Exchanges Still Common. 180401-2‡, 180325-4, <ADDED 180311-180218-1>7, <ADDED 180114-180107-8>2A‡.

-9. Indigenous Ways of Knowing. Science and the enlightenment are under assault from many directions, and in many incarnations, but they all tend to boil down to the same basic idea – other ways of knowing, and a rejection of the rigorous academic standards typified by science and scholarship. One form of science rejection is being called “indigenous ways of knowing” (IWK), which refers to the traditions and culture of native people, typically historically oppressed by Western aggression and colonialism. Dealing with this topic can be tricky, because often the grievances are legitimate, and calls for a rethinking of the relationship between indigenous people and their former colonizers is appropriate. The problem comes from science and scholarship getting caught up in the process, being treated like just another example of imposed Western culture. -180527-2.2↓.

-10. Is this framing to make someone look bad when they actually did need to leave early to attend an important summit, though that begs the question why someone could not have been appointed to represent the US and participate, Trump Departs for Singapore, Skips G-7 Environmental Sessions, Six of the G7 Commit to Climate Action. Trump Wouldn’t Even Join Conversation, -2, -3 -3‡↑. ¶ Out of curiosity did quick search of just one of Climate Change consequences, Sea Level Rise, at the Washington Post. Keep in mind that it is fake news and a failing publication [Tweet, Tweets], and that its website only allows a limited views for free -VCP-Romania↓, but if one cuts and past the title one can often find the same article posted at a different site. U.S. Coastal Areas Flooded More than Ever in past Year Due to Sea Level Rise and Storms. These Photos of the District Underwater Illustrate Our Future with Sea Level Rise. Rising Seas and Raising Questions in Booming Boston District. The Military Paid for a Study on Sea Level Rise. The Results Were Scary. US High Tide Flooding Twice What it Was 30 Years Ago. Here’s How Big a Rock You’d Have to Drop into the Ocean to See the Rise in Sea Level Happening Now. The Energy 202: Oil Lobby Seeks to Boost Support for Offshore Drilling Despite Bipartisan Opposition. In an Internal Memo, the White House Considered Whether to Simply Ignore Federal Climate Research apparently this was for all climate information that contradicts its policy stance. The next Five Years Will Shape Sea Level Rise for the next 300. The Energy 202: A Bunch of House Republicans Say They’re Serious about Climate Change. Do They Mean it. Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating, and its Rate Could Double in next Century. Boston Harbor Barrier Could Take 30 Years, Cost $12B. Pentagon Revised Obama Era Report to Remove Risks from Climate Change. The Energy 202: Why Climate Scientists Want to Be Thought of as the Real Climate Skeptics. Wilbur Ross Declined to Endorse His Own Department's Climate Science Findings.

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-VCP>. News Archive↕: {Not in VCP}

• Pakistan: Third Polio Case of 2018 Surfaces in Balochista. <ADDED 180520-VCP>.
• Romania: Measles Outbreak Kills Dozens of Children VCP links to the Washingtonpost.com version. As much as possible Parademic notes tries to use sources that are not paywalls or limit the number of articles one can see 10↑. {Romania: Measles Outbreak Sees 200 New Cases per Week}, <ADDED 180520-VCP>ECDC.
• Venezuela: Polio Case Confirmed in Delta Amacuro {H5N1 Version}, (Confirman Un Caso De Poliomielitis En Delta Amacuro). {Venezuela’s Collapse Causes Humanitarian and Security Crisis for Colombia, PAHO Confirms 35 Measles Deaths}.
• Hong Kong: 10 Women Involved in Scuffle at Clinic over HPV Vaccine Shortage. New Zealand: {There's a Nation Wide Shortage of the HPV Vaccine. Will the HPV Vaccine Shortage Reach the USA}.
• Australia: Don’t Punish Children for Decisions of Parents: Researcher Urges Rethink of No Jab No Play Policy. <ADDED 180429-VCP>¶. {Part 2: Tort Liability: Can an Injured Child Sue a Parent Based on Their Choice Not to Vaccinate. Part 3: Can Parents Be Criminally Liable in Cases of Injury to an Unvaccinated Child. Part 4: Under What Circumstances Is it Appropriate to Require Parents to Vaccinate. Part 5: The Role of School Immunization Requirements in Protecting the Unvaccinated Child}.
• Sweden: Fake Researcher Fabricated Finding That HPV Vaccine Causes Cervical Cancer. Same issue as <ADDED 180520-VCP>Japan.
• Russia: World Cup Fans Advised to Get Measles, Mumps Rubella (MMR) Vaccine, VCP probably decided the headline World Cup Fans Advised to Get MMR Jab would not carry the intended meaning for a global audience. {Measles vaccine recommended for those attending World Cup}. | Coach to team: “Remember, if you can't kick the ball, kick something. Now, ¿where is the ball?”. Team member: “Who cares, lets start playing”. Soccer – a game with 22 players, two linesmen and 20,000 referees. {[Meme]}.
• Croatia: Vulnerable to Measles Due to Low Vaccination Rates. Appears to duplicate <ADDED 180603-VCP>.

<ADDED 180603-VCP-USA> {More Eugene, Springfield Schools Facing Whooping Cough Outbreaks}. Nearly three dozen students at an elementary school. Unvaccinated students at all eight schools affected by outbreaks have been issued exclusion notices in recent weeks. Lane County Public Health says it’s the worst pertussis season in five years. County has investigated 142 pertussis cases, positive lab tests have been returned in 108. Roughly 20 confirmed cases are reported in a typical year.

-180603-1>1. Pandemics: Spend on Surveillance, Not Prediction. Trust is undermined when scientists make overblown promises about disease prevention. The resurgence of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this May is a stark reminder that no amount of DNA sequencing can tell us when or where the next virus outbreak will appear. More genome sequence data were obtained for the 2013–16 Ebola epidemic than for any other single disease outbreak. Still, health workers in Mbandaka, the country’s northwestern provincial capital, are scrambling to contain a growing number of cases. -3↑. -180603-1.1‡↓. Viral Cataloging ≠ Pandemic Preparedness.

-180603-1.1 (accidentally numbered 1.2)>2. CDC Would Lose Control of Emergency Drug Stockpile under House Bill. The provision, part of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act, or PAHPA, would fulfill a request by President Trump to shift the emergency supplies, formally known as the Strategic National Stockpile, from the CDC to the Department of Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. Supporters said the move would streamline public health emergency response measures. Critics say the change would be disruptive when an emergency comes because the CDC has established relationships with local healthcare agencies after operating the stockpile for roughly two decades. The Senate version of the bill did not contain the stockpile change. <ADDED 180408-180301-5.4>6, <ADDED 180304-180301-5.4>1. This is a parademic watch item. If any readers happen to see more about this, and/or have their own analysis please send me the link or the information. My own biased interpretation is that this is part of Trumpism deregulation with the known consequences of ineffectiveness if there is a problem and rising costs, Reagan, Deregulation and America’s Exceptional Rise in Health Care Costs. Why did American health care costs start skyrocketing compared with those of other advanced nations starting in the early 1980s. At the same time this was happening, American longevity gains were failing to keep up with peer countries. -6↑.

            -‡. Some of Sickest Medicare Patients Could Be Hit Hard in Wallet under Trump's Plan to Curb High Drug Prices, Medicare’s Future More Grim than Previously Projected, Due in Part to GOP Tax Cut, Individual Mandate Repeal, This Is What Happens to Medicare When You Cut Taxes but Not Spending. Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act. ¶ Tweaked Trump Cuts Request Restores EPA, Ebola, Sandy Funds. Democratic Republic of Congo: Fighting Ebola on the Ground, a Race Against Time. Still Not Ready for Ebola. WHO Regional Strategic EVD Readiness Preparedness Plan. | Ebola Case Count Hits 60 as DRC Neighbors Take Precautions. Ebola Outbreak Appears to Be Slowing in Congo as Vaccines Spread. China May Compete with the West for Limited Opportunities to Test Ebola Vaccine. Move by China Could Undermine Merck, Johnson & Johnson Efforts on Ebola Vaccine, Keeping Your Cool. Doing Ebola Research During an Emergency, -180513-1.1*¶2A↓| China's Health Diplomacy in Africa 2010, Health Diplomacy: In Africa, China’s Soft Power Provides a Healing Touch 2011, China - Africa Health Cooperation: A New Era 2013, China’s Health Diplomacy in Africa 2015, China’s Health Assistance to Africa: Opportunism or Altruism 2016. Can the Trump Administration Stop China from Taking over a Key African Port, Bill Gates Warns Trump: China Biggest Winner If Us - Africa Relations Dip, Why China's Footprint in Africa Worries the US, China Is Filling the Africa Sized Gap in US Strategy.

-180527-2.2>3, <ADDED 180603>1. Why India is Finding It Difficult to Handle Nipah. India is one of the handful of countries in South Asia that have still not had Joint External Evaluation, a standardised external evaluation conducted by the WHO to assess a countries' core capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies. What Is Nipah, the Virus Spread by Bats That's Killing People in India. Perception of Health and Illness 9↑, Being Batty about Bats, The Sacred Flying Fox of India, [Slide, Graphic, Art Vetala]. ¶ This this is only one of many of the accelerating biocalamaties that are spilling outside of India_Search: Why India’s Approach to Climate Change Is Missing the Point, our current narrative of piling blame on bureaucrats and politicians is unhelpful, we need to examine our role in propagating the prevailing social contract. The Global Water Crisis: Why Are India’s Taps Running Dry, <ADDED 180429-170409-10.1>10. Overpopulation in India: Causes, Effects and Solutions. Why India’s Air Pollution Is So Horrendous.

-1805207>4. Ukrainian Villages Still Suffering Legacy of Chernobyl More than 30 Years on. Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe limit.

-180513-1.1*¶2A>5, <ADDED 180603>4. Government of Malanje (Angola) Closes Border with DDRC along the 140 kilometer border with the DRC to avoid the Ebola epidemic in the Congolese province of Angola. Authorities say they fear the epidemic will affect the province of 900,000 people. This will probably be as successful as border closures to prevent the spread of the 2016 Angola and DR Congo Yellow Fever Outbreak, which was contained with vaccination, [Map], Ebola Virus Disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo: Points of Entry. If Ebola Is Properly Monitored, You Can Put out the Flames Very Quickly. Medical Workers in Congo City Finish Vaccinating Contacts of Ebola Patients -180603-1.1↑. Ebola treatments approved for compassionate use in current outbreak DRC-Equateur: 300,000 People Already Sensitized Against Ebola, through information on protection against the Ebola outbreak, -180311-2↓. White House Drops Plan to Cut Ebola Funding. -180603-1.1↑.

-180311-2>6, <ADDED 180520>6. Possibly the start of the Right to Try unintended consequences (hopefully unintended) which will likely lead to an eventual backlash or quiet death of the deregulation. A New Cancer Care Dilemma: Patients Want Immunotherapy Even When Evidence Is Lacking. Doctors want to give their patients every shot at survival, but can they justify prescribing a drug when it hasn’t been tested for that patient’s type of cancer. Many of these treatments bring risks of painful – even life threatening, Criticism of Right to Try Law for Experimental Drugs after it Passes in US – side effects and carry total price tags pushing $1 million, The Cruel Joke of Compassionate Use and Right to Try: Pharma Companies Don’t Have to Comply, Right to Try May Now Be Law of the Land, but That Doesn’t Mean Companies WillStart Offering up Their Drugs. In some cases, insurers won’t pay. -180513-1.1*¶2A↑. Report Finds Cancer Deaths down Overall. ¶ Have touched on before about science journalism unintentionally being misinformative and creating false hope 180520-1.1. This is not necessarily because the journalist was more interested in providing news that would catch the eye, but readers who don’t have the science and health literacy to interpret the information, don’t get all the information from an article, fail to verify from multiple sources, or rely on a single source that practices forms of vranyo and maskirovka*. With these false narratives in circulation it becomes easy to overstate the case, manipulate, or dismiss articles for being too difficult and conflicting: Therapy Made from Patient's Immune System Shows Promise for Advanced Breast Cancer, From One Breast Cancer Patient’s Turnaround, Clues to a New Immunotherapy, Novel Therapy Using Patient’s Own Immune Cells Eradicates Advanced, Incurable Breast Cancer in Woman, Many Women with Early Breast Cancer May Not Need Chemo, Doctors Scrutinize Overtreatment, as Cancer Death Rates Decline. | Take that, Mike Adams. The TAILORx Study Vs. the Alt-Med Stereotype of Oncologists Anxious to Administer Toxic Chemotherapy. *This lack of ability to read critically is frequently attributed to the narrative of The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens. ¶ Thousands of Women Will Avoid Chemo Thanks to a Study Funded by the Breast Cancer Stamp, Licking Cancer: US Postal Stamp Helped Fund Key Breast Study, [Stamp].

-180311-6>7, <ADDED 180527>3. U.S. Sets Up Task Force Over Unexplained Diplomatic Health Incidents, affecting a number of U.S. diplomats and their relatives in Cuba and China. The group, set up on May 23, will handle identification and treatment of affected personnel and family members, investigation and risk mitigation, messaging, and diplomatic outreach for the 25 U.S. government workers and family members confirmed to have been affected so far.

            -‡. A Medical Mystery Grows as U.S. Consulate Workers in China Fall Ill. Mystery Ailment Leads US to Evacuate More from China. US Screens More Staff in China over Mystery Health Issues. More U.S. Government Workers Are Being Evacuated from China after Mysterious Medical Symptoms. More Americans Flee Us Consulate in China as Mysterious Sonic Sickness Linked to Cuba Illness Spreads. China Pledges to Investigate Fears of Sonic Attacks on U.S. Diplomats. US Embassy in China Sends New Alert for Mystery Health Issue. Sonic Attacks in China and Cuba: How Sound Can Be a Weapon. Cuba Says Cause of Illness in U.S. Diplomats Remains a Mystery. Controversy Surrounds Research on State Department Employees Sickened in Attacks.

-180128-3.1>8, <ADDED 180603>7. A Judge Just Ordered Puerto Rico to Release All Death Certificates Issued after Hurricane Maria. Media Reports about the Death Toll in Puerto Rico Are Needlessly Confusing. New Hurricane Maria Death Toll Estimates Spotlight Data Reliability Issues in Puerto Rico. What the U.S. Owes Puerto Rico. After New Death Toll Report Friday, Sunday TV Ignores Puerto Rico. [Cartoon, Cartoon]. Puerto Rico Exodus Bound to Shake up Mainland Policy. Maria's Deadly Impact on Puerto Rico Deserves More Attention. The deaths were mainly from a lack of medical care in the weeks after the storm. This is what happens when you have no electricity, when roads are blocked, when hospitals are closed or overcrowded. I Saw What Maria Did to Puerto Rico’s Hospitals. The Death Toll Is No Surprise. The Trump Administration Is Letting Americans Die in Puerto Rico, Nurses Say 2017. ¶ Definition of irony: The Harvard report was made of May 29 and -180311-2↑ was signed May 30, President Donald J. Trump to Sign Right to Try Legislation Fulfilling the Promise He Made to Expand Healthcare Options for Terminal Americans giving the over 1 million Americans who die from a terminal illness every year a new tool to fight and make potentially lifesaving decisions about their treatment.

            -‡. At FEMA, Trump Remained Mum on New Puerto Rico Death Toll, Trump’s Hurricane Briefing at FEMA Covered a Lot of Topics. Puerto Rico Wasn’t One of Them. Americans Question if Trump Cares for Hurricane Victims. Trump Claims Texans Had to Be Rescued after Going Out in Their Boats to Watch Hurricane Harvey, Trump’s Tale of Texas Hurricane Gawkers. Puerto Rico Small Businesses Get a Helping Hand after Hurricane Maria. Puerto Rican Day Parade to Shine Light on Hurricane Struggle, National Puerto Rican Day Parade means even more after Hurricane Maria. [Photo]. Democrats Have a Plan to Prevent Another Puerto Rico Hurricane Death Toll Fiasco. 5 Communication Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria. What Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll Reveals about Health Care in Puerto Rico.