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The Atlantic

The Diseases Are Coming

March 10, 2025
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.

By Craig Spencer
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Guns Unpacked Podcast

Dr. Ieva Jusionyte on Beyond Borders: Gun Culture & Gun Violence

March 1, 2025
In an interview with the Guns Unpacked podcast, Ieva Jusionyte discusses the cultural and historical context of guns in Mexico, the connections between gun politics and immigration, and how the availability of U.S. guns shapes migration.
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PBS News Hour

Doctor who survived Ebola highlights risks of Musk’s funding cuts

February 27, 2025
In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Dr. Craig Spencer, who survived Ebola after treating patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders in 2014.
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NPR

Musk says work to stop Ebola was accidentally cut but restored. Experts raise doubts

February 27, 2025
Is Musk accurate in his description of "accidentally" canceling and then restoring America's "Ebola prevention" efforts? "I disagree fully, completely, wholly, that they recognized the mistake and put it back," says Dr. Craig Spencer
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The Wall Street Journal

As America Battles Fentanyl, Mexico Fights Flow of American Guns (comments by Ieva Jusionyte)

February 6, 2025
During the tariff showdown, the U.S. pledged to stem the smuggling of weapons into Mexico. But this will be no easy task. Featuring Ieva Jusionyte.
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Medicine @ Brown

Poetry as Medicine (featuring Ramu Kharel)

January 1, 2025
An ER physician finds inspiration in Urdu verse.
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Nature

What Trump's election win could mean for AI, climate and health (comments by Suresh Venkatasubramanian)

November 8, 2024
Donald Trump made numerous promises during his presidential campaign that could affect scientists and science policy. Will they be implemented once he is president?
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Just Security

The U.S. National Security Memorandum on AI: Leading Experts Weigh In (comments by Suresh Venkatasubramanian)

October 25, 2024
Suresh Venkatasubramanian discusses the implications of AI and national security policy, including the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which he co-authored.
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Think Global Health

Marburg in Rwanda: What to Expect (by Craig Spencer)

October 11, 2024
Physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer on Rwanda's response and how the international community can help.
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NPR

Stimulant users caught up in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic (comments by Josiah Rich)

July 9, 2024
The fourth wave of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. is being driven by the combination of fentanyl with stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine, complicating overdose prevention and treatment efforts.
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Peoples Dispatch

Understand the US participation in the military coup of 1964 in Brazil - and what may still be revealed (comments by James Green)

April 2, 2024
The US interfered in Brazilian politics from the beginning of the decade, fearing the country could become socialist.
Featuring Professor James Green.
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The Washington Post

Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations (comments by Suresh Venkatasubramanian)

March 5, 2024
Tech company policies have put a chill on independent AI research, says open letter.
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