March 2007
A. STEP-BD is the largest, federally-funded treatment study ever conducted for bipolar disorder
1. It is a long-term outpatient study that enrolled 4,360 participants from 22 sites over seven years (1998 to 2005). STEP-BD was designed to find out which treatments, or combinations of treatments, are most effective for treating episodes of depression and mania and for preventing recurrent episodes in people with bipolar disorder. STEP-BD is different from typical clinical trials that test one potential new treatment. It is a broad research program that includes several different studies, each aimed at a different aspect of treatment for the illness.
Multiple treatments, including medications and psychotherapies, currently are available for people with bipolar disorder, but doctors are often uncertain which of these treatments actually work best for specific aspects of the illness.
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Biden Promotes His $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Package and His Love of Train Travel
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The president is asking for an $80 billion increase in funding for rail projects. A group of Biden supporters launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign trumpeting the White House coronavirus recovery package and infrastructure proposal.
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President Biden visited Philadelphia on Friday to mark Amtrak’s anniversary and used the occasion to promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, which includes $80 billion for mass transit.CreditCredit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
For a majority of his political career, President Biden was a commuter, making the 90-minute Amtrak Metroliner trip between Washington and his home in Wilmington, Del., when the Senate was in session. There were even a few trips thrown in when he was vice president.
Two from Ohio State elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fritz Graf and Stewart Shapiro honored for their accomplishments
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of its new members for 2021, which includes two faculty members from The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences: Fritz Graf, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Classics, and Stewart Shapiro, the Steve R. and Sarah E. O’Donnell Professor of Philosophy.
“Being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the highest honors that a scholar can receive from their peers,” said Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost of the College of Arts and Sciences. “This is a mark of distinction for Fritz and Stewart and for the impact of humanities scholarship at Ohio State.”
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Big Tech companies are likely to see more organized labor initiatives from blue- and white-collar employees, despite a recent failed effort to form a union at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Alabama, labor experts say.
Historically, unionization has not been associated with Silicon Valley, where technology firms dangle fancy perks and high salaries to highly skilled employees who can easily hop to the next job. But an increasing focus on inequities among essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with a push by the Biden administration to reform labor law, could place more power in the hands of employees to organize, the experts say.
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