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11/14/2022Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid EpidemicHEALTH/SCIENCE
5/2/2023RIPE researchers model ‘link’ between improved photosynthesis and increased yieldSCIENCE/AGRICULTURE
5/25/2023U.S. Older Population Grew From 2010 to 2020 at Fastest Rate Since 1880 to 1890
5/31/2023Bloomberg predicts obesity drug sales hitting $44B by 2030DRUG SALE
6/1/2023Keeping Medicare Affordable: The Cost of Adding Services | Manhattan InstituteMEDICARE
6/8/2023Once cushioned from lawmaker scrutiny, hospitals see a shiftHOSPITALS
6/20/2023Pancreatic Gene Therapy Durably Improves Glycemia and Delays Disease Progression in a Murine Model of Type 2 DiabetesHEALTH/SCIENCE/OBESITY
6/25/2023Oral semaglutide 50 mg taken once per day in adults with overweight or obesity (OASIS 1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trialHEALTH/SCIENCE/OBESITY
6/26/2023RIPE researchers determine chloroplast size unlikely option for improving photosynthetic efficiency
6/26/2023Biden announces $42 billion to expand high-speed internet accessINTERNET
6/26/2023Triple receptor agonist weight loss exceeds prior GLP-1 drugs (and dual receptor agents) and has yet to plateauHEALTH/OBESITY
6/28/2023Justice Department Says Push Rounded Up 78 Healthcare SwindlersHEALTHCARE/FRAUD
7/1/2023Rural patients could suffer if the DEA restricts telehealth prescribingHEALTHCARE/TELEHEALTH
7/9/2023The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All TimeCOVID-10
7/10/2023How The U.S. Government Can Solve The Obesity EpidemicHEALTH/OBESITY
7/10/2023A One-Time Shot for Type 2 Diabetes? A Biotech Company Is On ItHEALTH/SCIENCE
7/11/2023Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past ChinaINTERNATIONAL MATTERS – MEXICO/CHINA
7/11/2023Severance Hospital develops AI program to predict chronic kidney disease risk from retinal examsHEALTH/SCIENCE
7/11/2023It Turns Out That the Debt Matters After AllFINANCE/DEBT
7/12/2023A Small Number of Drugs Account for a Large Share of Medicare Part D SpendingHEALTH SPENDING
7/12/2023Japanese trading company Itochu banned late night work at the office. Now the fertility rate among full-time employees has doubled.INTERNATIONAL MATTERS – JAPAN
7/12/2023Mexico surpassed China as the top U.S. trading partnerINTERNATIONAL MATTERS – MEXICO/CHINA
7/13/2023Revolutionizing diabetes treatment: Israeli firm makes progress on micro pancreasHEALTH/OBESITY
7/14/2023Eli Lilly Is Buying Another Potential Obesity Treatment in Deal Worth Up to $2 BillionHEALTH/OBESITY
7/17/2023Europeans Are Becoming Poorer. ‘Yes, We’re All Worse Off.’INTERNATIONAL MATTERS – EUROPE
7/19/2023Childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., affecting nearly 1 in 5 kids and adolescents.HEALTH/OBESITY
7/20/2023States Make Permitting Push to Attract Carbon Capture Projects (bloomberglaw.com)CLIMATE
7/20/2023New study says 800,000 Americans die or are disabled by misdiagnoses each year — but there are 3 simple questions to ask to lower your riskHEALTH/NUTRITION
7/21/2023BioMarin: Roctavian for Hem A likely to patients by end of summer | Availability of gene therapy expected 2 months after its approvalHEALTH/SCIENCE
7/23/2023Study finds high rates of sugar, salt in rural children’s dietsNUTRITION/HEALTH
7/24/2023No more pricks: Afon’s non-invasive glucose sensor to launch in 2024NUTRITION/HEALTH
7/25/2023They took blockbuster drugs for weight loss and diabetes. Now their stomachs are paralyzed | CNNDRUG ABUSE
8/1/2023Single-Shot Gene Therapy Aims to Cure Blood Disorders Like Sickle CellHEALTH/SCIENCE
8/1/2023Jounral of HepatologyREPORT – HEALTH
8/2/2023SALT Deduction Cap Vexes GOP After Vexing Democrats After Vexing GOP – WSJFINANCE – TAXATION
8/2/2023IRS Visits to Wealthy Americans Drive Malta Pension Probe – AdvisorHubFINANCE – IRS
8/19/2023The Moves Wealthy Families Are Making to Skirt Estate Taxes – WSJFINANCE – TAXATION
8/23/2023Investors Are Finally Making Money on Bonds and CDs. Be Prepared to Pay Taxes. – WSJFINANCE – TAXATION
8/23/2023Justice Dept. brings wave of cases over $836 million in alleged covid fraud – The Washington PostCOVID-19
8/30/2023A new way to capture and recycle carbon dioxide from industrial emissions | ScienceDailyCLIMATE
9/6/2023Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2 | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCLIMATE
9/7/2023Biden Regime Gives $2,200 of Taxpayer Money Per Illegal Immigrant Family Each Month, Plus a Plane Ticket, Housing, Food, Free Medical Services (commonsensenation.net)IMMIGRATION
9/12/2023Outrageous! Border Patrol Agent Reveals Biden Regime Gives $2,200 of Taxpayer Money Per Illegal Immigrant Family, Plus a Plane Ticket, Housing, Food, Free Medical Services (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim HᴏftIMMIGRATION
9/12/2023Biden Giving Illegals $2,200 Per Month Welfare, Only $1,400 to US Retirees | NewsRadio 740 KTRH | KTRH Local Houston and Texas News (iheart.com)IMMIGRATION
9/12/2023EXCLUSIVE: Cross The Border, Get $2,200 In Cash? (freerepublic.com)IMMIGRATION
9/13/2023social-security-medicare-lifetime-benefits-and-taxes-2021.pdf (urban.org)REPORTS – SOCIAL SECURITY
9/13/2023Social Security & Medicare Lifetime Benefits and Taxes: 2022 | Full Report | Tax Policy CenterREPORTS – SOCIAL SECURITY
September 15, 2023NIH clinical trial of universal flu vaccine candidate beginsHEALTH
September 29, 2023All of the Weapons the US Has Supplied Ukraine Since the InvasionUKRAINE
September 29, 2022Using Voice and Chat Bots to Improve the Collection Taxpayer ExperienceTECH/TAX
October 9, 2023Smartphones could be used to monitor liver disease patients at homeHEALTH/TECH
Oct 10 2023As Covid-testing business drops, Abbott searches for new line of business with consumer wearablesHEALTH/TECH
Oct 10 2023Bird flu: Scientists see gene editing hope for immune chickensHEALTH/SCIENCE
Oct 10 2023Is the Eye the Window to Alzheimer’s?HEALTH/TECH
October 17, 2023Vaccines for Fentanyl and Heroin Set for Trials in 2024HEALTH/DRUGS
October 17, 2023The Race To Carbon Capture
Our Wave-Powered Sustainable Desalination SolutionTECH
October 20, 2023Ozempic for Kids? Drugmakers Test Weight-Loss Shots for 6-Year-OldsHEALTH/OBESITY
Oct. 22, 2023The IRS crackdown on high-end taxpayers is already raking in millions in back taxes — here’s how muchTAX
October 24, 2023This common fungus can trigger ‘key player’ in Alzheimer’s disease developmentHEALTH/DISSEASE
10/26/23DOE Is Spending $36 Million On Ocean Carbon-Capture Research | TIMETECH/CLIMATE/OCEAN
October 26, 2023Ghost towns: Federal office buildings are 80% vacant, government audit findsGOVERNMENT/REAL ESTATE
Oct 26, 2023The future of pharmacies: Robots, AI and moreTECH/HEALTH
11/01/2023AI has arrived in your doctor’s office. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it.TECH/HEALTH
November 1, 2023Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET to Adipic Acid
Nov 1, 2023T-Swift of stocks: Ozempic is upending markets, despite unknownsHEALTH/OBESITY
November 3, 2023New Technology Could Capture Carbon and Water Out of Thin AirTECH/CLIMATE
November 7, 2023US Debt Interest Bill Rockets Past a Cool $1 Trillion a YearNATIONAL DEBT
November 8, 2023Should We End Obesity?HEALTH/OBESITY
Nov 13 2023Moody’s warning on the massive U.S. debt burden has turned into a noneventNATIONAL DEBT
November 13, 2023The Lego-like way to get CO2 out of the atmosphereTECH/CLIMATE
Nov. 14, 2023The Trouble With America’s Ultra-Processed DietHEALTH/OBESITY
November 15, 2023US Postal Service records whopping $6.5 billion net loss for 2023BUDGET
Nov 16, 2023Seeing Clearly: The Latest Treatments For Diabetic RetinopathyHEALTH/SCIENCE
November 16, 2023‘This was not a surprise’: Pentagon again fails annual audit of $3.8 trillion in military assetsBUDGET/DEFENCE
Nov. 20, 2023Five Tax Loopholes for Mike Johnson’s Chopping BlockTAX
11/20/23The regional bank crisis is not overFINANCE
November 21, 2023IRS delays controversial new rule on tax reporting for apps like VenmoTAX
Nov 28 2023You may still owe taxes on resold Taylor Swift tickets even without PayPal, Venmo IRS reportingTAX
Dec. 1, 2023How to Donate to Charity, Get a Tax Break and Have Income for LifeTAX
12/4/23Carbon removals: How to scale a new gigaton industry | McKinseyCLIMATE/TECH
December 6, 2023US October Trade Deficit Widens Further On Decline In ExportsTRADE/BUDGET
12/9/23What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28? | AP NewsCLIMATE/TECH
December 11, 2023Turning the problem into the solutionCLIMATE/TECH
Why Are Sea Levels Rising?
Another weapon to fight climate change? Put carbon back where we found it (nationalgeographic.com)
05/10/2023Capturing coal’s carbon can ease pain of India’s energy transitionENERGY/CLIMATE-INDIA
August 11, 2023Biden-Harris Administration Announces Up To $1.2 Billion For Nation’s First Direct Air Capture Demonstrations in Texas and LouisianaCLIMATE/TECH
August 15, 2023Occidental buys carbon air capture tech firm for $1.1 billionCLIMATE/TECH
15/08/2023US sparks controversy by backing oil company’s carbon-sucking plansCLIMATE/TECH
August 17, 2023LSU awarded millions from federal government to study carbon captureCLIMATE/TECH
August 17, 2023US Energy Department awards $20M to jumpstart carbon capture projects in Kern CountyCLIMATE/TECH
August 17, 2023Quebec’s Deep Sky dreams big with carbon capture pilotCLIMATE/TECH
August 21, 2023Denmark plans to allocate 26.8 bln crowns for new CO2 capture and storage tendersCLIMATE/TECH
31 August 2023US projects to look at nuclear role in carbon captureCLIMATE/TECH
Nov. 09 2023In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the AirCLIMATE/TECH
9/11/23The US just invested more than $1 billion to kick-start the carbon-removal market | MIT Technology ReviewCLIMATE/TECH
Nov. 15, 2023COP28 President Al Jaber’s oil company ADNOC will take 340 years to capture the carbon it produces by 2030CLIMATE/TECH
November 20, 2023Canada to launch subsidies for carbon capture, clean tech – sourceCLIMATE/ENVIERNMENT
Nov 23 2023Oil and gas industry needs to let go of carbon capture as solution to climate change, IEA saysCLIMATE/ENVIERNMENT
November 28, 2023Alberta unveils carbon capture and storage incentive to help decarbonizationCLIMATE/ENVIERNMENT
September 2, 2023Scientists Find Success With New Direct Ocean Carbon Capture Technology
September 7, 2023Wyoming poised to take on carbon dioxide, pump it undergroundCLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT
September 8, 2023New system uses seawater to capture and store CO2
September 11, 2023Summit Carbon Solutions denied permit for carbon dioxide pipelineCLIMATE/ENVIERNMENT
September 12, 2023Amazon Supports the World’s Largest Deployment of Direct Air Capture Technology to Remove Carbon From the AtmosphereCLIMATE/ENVIERNMENT
September 27, 2023New carbon capture and storage hub in Permian Basin could begin operation as early as 2025
October 3, 2023UAE’s ADNOC to install 10 tonnes/day carbon capture unit at fertiliser plant
October 11, 2023Controversial carbon dioxide pipeline paused following regulatory setbacks
October 20, 2023Navigator CO2 Ventures cancels carbon-capture pipeline project in US Midwest
October 26, 2023DOE Announces $36 Million To Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques and Slash Harmful Greenhouse Gas Pollution
October 29, 2023Carbon capture on the agenda again
November 1, 2023MIT startup has big plans to pull carbon from the air
November 3, 2023USDA Forest Service proposes rule to facilitate carbon capture and sequestration permitting on national forest lands
November 6, 2023Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2024
November 10, 2023Global CCS Institute Releases New 2023 Carbon Capture Report
November 14, 2023Biden-Harris Administration Invests $444 Million to Strengthen America’s Infrastructure for Permanent Safe Storage of Carbon Dioxide Pollution
15 November 2023Heirloom opens first large-scale carbon capture plant in US
November 27, 2023New method verifies carbon capture in concrete
29/11/2023UAE to pump CO2 into rock as carbon capture debate rages
December 2, 2023COP28: Exxon Mobil CEO rebuffs IEA criticism of carbon capture strategy
Dec 4, 2023Canada introduces legislation to implement clean technology and carbon capture tax credits and provides update on remaining clean energy tax credits
Dec 9, 2023Cowards in Congress keep blaming others for our national debt. Just fix it, already.
December 12, 2023Billionaire Mark Cuban Backing $1 Billion Congo Carbon Plan
December 12, 2023From flush to faucet: More places look to turn sewage into tap water
November 21, 2023IRS delays 1099-K rules for ticket sales, announces new $5,000 threshold for 2024TAX
Dec. 25, 2023Reno Is Beating the Odds in Solving HomelessnessHomelessness
Nov. 30, 2023One Southwest power project’s 17-year odyssey shows the hurdles to Biden’s climate agendaEnergy
Nov. 30, 2023Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmaciesHealth
Jan. 2, 2024Millions of Americans could lose internet aid months before the 2024 electionBroadband
Jan. 5, 2024Florida Is First State Allowed to Import Drugs From Canada in Bid to Reduce CostsHealth
Jan. 7, 2024One in five young Americans thinks the Holocaust is a mythSocial
Jan. 9, 2024Diabetes Breakthrough: FDA-Approved Drugs Regenerate Insulin Production in 48 HoursHealth
Jan. 9, 2024At CES, tech knows if you’re sick and rocks babiesTech
Jan. 9, 2024CAR-T, recently used in a lupus patient, helps other autoimmune patients, too, in small studyHealth
Jan. 12, 2024CES 2024 Health Tech: The Things That May Actually Improve Your WellnessTech
Jan. 22, 2024Millions of Americans could lose internet aid months before the 2024 election – POLITICOINFRASTRUCTURE
Jan. 22, 2024IRS collects more than $500 million in back taxes from delinquent millionaires – MarketWatchFINANCE – IRS
Jan. 22, 2024What the IRS Knows About Your Online Sales This Year – WSJFINANCE – IRS
Jan. 22, 2024Why More People Owe the IRS Money, in Three Charts – WSJFINANCE – IRS
Jan. 22, 2024The Role Of AI In Healthcare (forbes.com)AI & Healthcare
Jan. 22, 2024Healthtech RISA Launches AI Platform to Optimize Healthcare Prior Authorizations | Markets Insider (businessinsider.com)AI & Healthcare
Jan. 22, 2024Artificial intelligence in healthcare: transforming the practice of medicine – PMC (nih.gov)AI & Healthcare
Jan. 22, 2024Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: the future is amazing – Healthcare WeeklyAI & Healthcare
Jan. 22, 2024Delivering on the Promise of AI to Improve Health Outcomes | The White HouseAI & Healthcare
Jan. 22, 2024A New World Of Healthcare: VBC And The Promise Of AI (forbes.com)AI & Healthcare
Jan. 2024Delivering on the Promise of AI to Improve Health OutcomesAI & Healthcare
Jan. 05 2024Pure-water-fed, electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethylene beyond 1,000 h stability at 10 AAI & Healthcare
Jan. 30, 2024Scientists Create a Vaccine Against Fentanyl | Smart News| Smithsonian MagazineHealth
Feb. 7, 2024Biden-McCarthy deal will limit debt growth by $1.4 trillion, CBO saysBudget
Feb. 22, 20244 Myths About Ukraine that Might Sound Right But Are Actually WrongUkraine/Foreign Affairs
Feb. 20, 2024New treatments are emerging for type-1 diabetesHealth/Science
March 26, 2024https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240326/AI-based-analysis-uncovers-two-plant-extracts-with-potential-as-GLP-1-agonist-weight-loss-pills.aspxHealth/Science
March 29, 2024https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ai-identifies-two-natural-bioactive-glp-1-compounds-2024a10005ze?form=fpfHealth/Science
April 5, 2024https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/problems-with-eliminating-the-social-security-tax-cap.pdfHealth/Science
March 25, 2024https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2816758Health/Science/AI
April 16, 2024https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-078378Health/Science/AI
April 16, 2024https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-experts-specific-guidelines-ai-cancer.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletterHealth/Science/AI
July 26, 2023https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/8/1499Health/Science/AI
April 18, 2024https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aipo.2023.0008Health/Science/AI
April 17,2024Americans Throw Away Up to $68 Million in Coins a Year. Here Is Where It All Ends Up.Health/Science/AI
April 29, 2024The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers | WIREDSocial
April 26, 2024U.S. panic over national debt might mark a culture shift—are Americans becoming more ‘European’ about money?
April 30,2024Why Wall Street Shouldn’t Be Scared of Treasury’s New Debt Plan
April 28, 2024Global debt hasn’t been this bad since the Napoleonic Wars
April 17, 2024AI traces mysterious metastatic cancers to their sourceAI/HEALTH
April 11, 2024Bill Gates really digs his visit to a hydrogen startup, filling a pothole with carbon-trapping asphalt
Jan 11, 2024Modern Hydrogen’s Practical Approach to Decarbonization
Feb 5, 2024Climate change is causing a pothole plague. Are robots and self-healing pavement the solution?
Oct 2, 2023How Utilities Might Decarbonize And Avoid A Climate Breakdown
Nov 18, 2023Modern Hydrogen’s natural gas decarbonization at NW Natural
May 7, 2024First Patient Begins Sickle Cell Gene Therapy That F.D.A. Approved – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
May 3, 202425K Americans jump on Wegovy weekly as prices drop | Fox Business
May 5, 2024Generative AI will be designing new drugs on its own in near future (cnbc.com)
May 2, 2024The AI-Generated Population Is Here, and They’re Ready to Work – WSJ
May 1, 20224New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers fierce immune response to fight malignant brain tumor – UF Health
April 30, 2024Ozempic, Wegovy Maker Novo Nordisk Has Denmark’s Economy Hooked – Bloomberg
May 7, 2024AI discovers prostate cancer isn’t just one disease (apple.news)
May 20, 2024In Defernse of Defense SpendingBUDGET/DEFENCE
May 16, 2024Is American Dictator-Proof?GOVERNMENT
May 21, 2024Can the rich world escape its baby crisis?HEALTH
October 2018America’s Obesity CrisisHEALTH/OBESITY
December 7, 2020Economic Impact of Obesity increased to $1.4 Trilltion, says Milken InstituteHEALTH/OBESITY
June, 2024Weight Loss and Disbetes Drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could treat sleep apnea and parkinson’s too–here are other conditions scientists are looking atHEALTH/OBESITY
March 13, 2023Policy Basics: Social Security Disability InsuranceSOCIAL SECURITY
December 2, 2022Medical Expenditure Panel Survey — Household ComponentHEALTH
April 1, 2024America will be left with ‘severe, irreversible scars’ if national debt goes unchecked. Now, a blockbuster report warns the bill is higher than believed hitting $141T by 2054NATIONAL DEBT
May 23, 2024Could AI one day be a whistleblower?AI/HEALTH
May 23, 2024Two receptors are better than one for AI-designed obesity drugs (nature.com)AI/HEALTH
May 28, 2024Cancer is capsizing Americans’ financesHEALTH/ECONOMIC
May 23,2024Experts eye tax changes ahead of Trump-era cuts’ sunsetTAX
May 23,2024Study: increase in taxpayers reporting self-employment earnings cannot be attributed to increase in gig workECONOMY
May 28, 2024Freddie Mac proposed buying home equity loansECONOMY
May 21, 2024Arizona man please guilty in $60M false tax return schemeECONOMY/TAX
May 21, 2024The IRS Money Hole Gets DeeperECONOMY/TAX
Feb 9, 2024Commodity Checkoff ProgramAGRICTULRAL
June 4, 2024Scientists find plastic-eating fungus feasting on Great Pacific Garbage PatchSCIENCE
June 5, 2024Researchers find no evidence that sperm counts are droppingHEALTH
March 9, 2023Artificial Intelligence ‘Can Help Spot Early Signs of Cancer in Chest X-Rays’AI/HEALTH
November 16, 2023Pentagon again fails annual audit of $3.8 trillion in military assetsBUDGET/DEFENCE
June 14, 20243D Printed Rocket Motors Could Restock Missile Arsenals FastMILITARY
June 17, 2024INFO WARS Vlad’s online bot army spewing fake quotes from Lionel Messi, Jennifer Aniston & other celebs in new propaganda campaignRUSSIA/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
June 18, 2024Ukraine is using AI to manage the removal of Russian landminesDEFENSE/AI
June 21, 2024Will Debt Sink the American Empire?NATIONAL DEBT
Japan’s efforts to combat CO2 emmissionsENVIRONMENT/CARBON
June 20, 2024Supreme Court Rules against Moores 7-2, Leaves Most Questions UndecidedSupreme Court/Tax
June 17, 2024TDK successfully developed a material for solid-state batteries with 100-times higher energy density
June 26, 2024Individual differences in sharing false political information on social media: Deliberate and accidental sharing, motivations and positive schizotypyNEWS
June 26, 2024Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don’t Reach Anyone. – WSJIRS/TAX
June 26, 2024Mortgage giant gets green light from Biden administration for risky pilot programECONOMY
July 2, 2024A Bugatti car, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans (msn.com)FAKE NEWS/RUSSIA
July 8, 2024New cyberattack targets iPhone, Apple IDsTECHNOLOGY
July 10, 2024Samsung Launches $400 Smart Ring and Ultra Watch to Challenge AppleTECHNOLOGY
Jul 9, 2024Eli Lilly awaits head-to-head study on GLP-1s after new report reaffirms superiority
August 2, 2024Not Your Father’s Bots
May 21, 2024This Paint Could Clean Both Itself and the Air
July 8, 2024Insuerers Pocketed $50 Billion from Medicare for Diseases No Doctor TreatedMEDICARE/INSURANCE