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Scientific Integrity & Ethics CDC and FDA Scientists Report Both Scientific Integrity Improvements and Concerns
March 12, 2023 Liz Borkowski, MPH

A new survey from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that scientists from six federal agencies surveyed in late 2022 saw improvements in scientific integrity over the past two years, but many still report censorship and inadequate staffing.

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Scientific Integrity & Ethics A New Framework for Protecting Scientific Integrity at Federal Agencies
February 5, 2023 Liz Borkowski, MPH

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a framework for agencies to use in revising or developing their policies to protect scientific integrity.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health Access to Contraception Supports Women’s College Education: Evidence from Colorado
December 11, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

Researchers find that the Colorado Family Planning Initiative was associated with higher rates of college completion. But what will happen in today’s landscape?

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COVID-19 Experts Have Spoken on COVID-19. Will Our Government Listen?
November 6, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

A new set of 57 recommendations on COVID-19 from a multidisciplinary, multinational group of experts should serve as a guide for the US response. In several areas, though, our government is not doing what’s recommended.

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COVID-19 CDC Gives Up on COVID Prevention
August 14, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

New CDC guidance fails to acknowledge the most recent science and recommends an inequitable, indivudal-focused approach to COVID-19.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health Five Weeks into the Post-Roe Era, Injustice and Cruelty on Full Display
July 31, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

Five weeks after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization stripped much of the population of reproductive autonomy, several states have banned abortion. Requests for abortion pills by mail and travel to other states is up, as are awful circumstances for doctors and patients when pregnancies go wrong.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health An Illegitimate Court Strips Us of Bodily Autonomy
June 26, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

The Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization and declared that there is no constitutional right to abortion. It did so while disregarding extensive evidence of the harm this will cause.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health An Opinion Not Based in Reality is Poised to Strip Rights from Millions
May 8, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

In a leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade, Justice Alito ignores extensive evidence about how important the right to abortion has been to U.S. society and that removing it will cause tremendous suffering.

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COVID-19 Workers Memorial Week 2022: “Their Deaths were Preventable”
May 1, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH 1Comment

Last week was Workers Memorial Week, and workers and their supporters around the country marked the occasion by remembering those killed on the job and by occupational illnesses. It was also an occasion to call for changes to make workplaces safer and prevent future fatalities.

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Environmental Health This is Why We Can’t Have Responsive Regulations: Formaldehyde Assessment Released Years After its Completion
April 17, 2022 Liz Borkowski, MPH

Last week, EPA released a draft toxicological assessment of formaldehyde that the Trump administration had suppressed for years.

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CDC and FDA Scientists Report Both Scientific Integrity Improvements and Concerns March 12, 2023
A New Framework for Protecting Scientific Integrity at Federal Agencies February 5, 2023
Access to Contraception Supports Women’s College Education: Evidence from Colorado December 11, 2022
Experts Have Spoken on COVID-19. Will Our Government Listen? November 6, 2022
CDC Gives Up on COVID Prevention August 14, 2022

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