Health Policy Sep 11, 2020• By ADRIAN GROPPER and DEBORAH C. PEEL September 4, 2020 Thank you, ONC for the opportunity you gave me to speak in June. Also, thank you for the format of your August meeting where the Zoom chat feature offered a wonderful venue for an inclusive commentary and discussion as the… Read More »
JOHN JOHN FLORENCE was in a commanding position in June 2019 when he paddled out into the thumping waves of Saquarema, Brazil, during the World Surf League’s Rio competition. The 27-year-old Hawaiian had amassed a formidable lead in points and was in pole position for a third world title and one of two men’s spots… Read More »
The president of the Human Rights Campaign, Alphonso David, has called President Trump the “worst president on LGBTQ issues ever.” Yes, seriously. But nobody else should take that claim seriously. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have all echoed this tune, albeit with slightly less extreme language, decrying the Trump administration as supposedly hateful and homophobic.… Read More »
29-year-old Anja Blacha from Bielefeld, supported by INTERSPORT, reached the South Pole within the planned 60 days and after more than 1,400km on her Antarctic expedition. Anja Blacha is thus the first person to have made it to the South Pole solo, unassisted & unsupported and only on skis on this route length. Heilbronn, 10… Read More »
Dive Brief: HHS is proposing a rule that would eliminate barriers to patient records as physicians treat those with substance use disorders as part of an ongoing push to cut outdated or unnecessarily strict regulations in healthcare. The agency is attempting to modify a nearly four-decade old federal confidentiality law that predates HIPAA that it… Read More »