Kidney Patients And Docs Ask Congress To Expand Research And Innovation
Amidst COVID-19, Largest American Kidney Organizations Back Strategic Funding for NIH and KidneyX
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WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest kidney patient organization in America, partnered with the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the world s largest renal professional organization, to host their 9
th Annual Kidney Health Advocacy Day on April 14th. The event centered on two specific Congressional kidney funding requests, $25 million for the KidneyX, a collaborative between ASN and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and an additional $285 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), each designed to accelerate groundbreaking advances in kidney disease research and innovation. Together, the organizations conducted dozens of joint, virtual meetings among key
A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Behind the Controversial Great Barrington Declaration Calling for COVID-19 Herd Immunity
An open letter that emerged earlier this month opposing COVID-19 shutdowns and calling for a “herd immunity” approach to addressing the coronavirus which already has claimed over 220,000 American lives is one of the latest examples of how right-wing ideology and think tanks that have long cultivated climate science denial are now engaging in COVID disinformation and promoting messaging dangerous to public health.
Known as the Great Barrington Declaration, this statement advocating for herd immunity was introduced in early October at an event hosted by the American Institute for Economic Research, a conservative free-market think tank located in the western Massachusetts town of Great Barrington. This think tank, funded in part through a corporate investment firm with holdings in major oil and petrochemical companies, operates a network for the internation
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Is Biden Ditching His Promise to Protect Workers From Covid-19?
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Among the various ways President Donald Trump caused more Americans to die needlessly from Covid-19 was by failing to issue a legally enforceable “emergency temporary standard” to protect workers. The 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act permits the Labor Department to impose such a standard without consulting Congress, a move that the AFL-CIO strenuously urged, but the Trump administration wouldn’t budge. Then-candidate Joe Biden attacked Trump mercilessly for this negligence, and on his first day in office President Biden issued an executive order to initiate prompt action.