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Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving women and patients of color behind and harming the future of medicine – Podcast
powered by Surfing Waves Most clinical trials overrepresent young white males. Andresr/Digital Vision via Getty Images Its a great day when you find a piece of clothing that fits perfectly. A good shirt, the right pair of shoes or a well-cut dress is comfortable, looks nice and feels like it was made just for you. Now imagine a world where every shirt was the same size, every shoe was the same design and there weren’t even differences between the cut of men’s and women’s clothing. Getting dressed in the morning…
Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving women and patients of color behind and harming the future of medicine – Podcast
powered by Surfing Waves Most clinical trials overrepresent young white males. Andresr/Digital Vision via Getty Images Its a great day when you find a piece of clothing that fits perfectly. A good shirt, the right pair of shoes or a well-cut dress is comfortable, looks nice and feels like it was made just for you. Now imagine a world where every shirt was the same size, every shoe was the same design and there weren’t even differences between the cut of men’s and women’s clothing. Getting dressed in the morning…
Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving women and patients of color behind and harming the future of medicine – Podcast
powered by Surfing Waves Most clinical trials overrepresent young white males. Andresr/Digital Vision via Getty Images Its a great day when you find a piece of clothing that fits perfectly. A good shirt, the right pair of shoes or a well-cut dress is comfortable, looks nice and feels like it was made just for you. Now imagine a world where every shirt was the same size, every shoe was the same design and there weren’t even differences between the cut of men’s and women’s clothing. Getting dressed in the morning…
Oregon Supreme Court ignores rural pleas and greenlights giant wind power line
powered by Surfing Waves In a long-sought victory for the Climate Industrial Complex, the Oregon Supreme Court March 9 approved construction of a 300-mile, high-voltage power line that will transmit wind energy through parts of eastern Oregon and western Idaho. The Boardman-to-Hemingway line, known as the B2H, has been in the works since 2007. Backed by deep-pocketed utilities eager to cash in on generous renewable-energy subsidies, the $1.8 billion project has been held up repeatedly thanks to the resistance of…
Fed Raises Rate, But Signals Potential Pause in May
powered by Surfing Waves The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) moved forward with an anticipated 25-basis-point increase in its federal funds rate target on Wednesday. It no longer , however, “anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate in order to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to 2 percent over time.” Now, the FOMC “anticipates that some additional policy firming may be appropriate.” In the post-meeting press con…
Bailing Out Uninsured Deposits Encourages Bank Runs
powered by Surfing Waves In the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, U.S. officials decided to cover all the uninsured deposits in both banks — that is, deposits that exceeded the $250,000 insurance coverage of the FDIC. The belief was that failing to cover those uninsured deposits ran the risk that bank runs could spread to more banks. Covering those uninsured deposits was intended to calm depositors in other banks, which would thereby make more bank runs less likely. Since then, some people have …
Words & Numbers: Peter C. Earle On The Death of Silicon Valley Bank
powered by Surfing Waves Peter C. Earle, AIER Research Faculty and former Wall Street trader, joins AIER Senior Editor James Harrigan and Antony Davies on the Words & Numbers podcast to talk about what happened to Silicon Valley Bank. Earle outlines how the bank failure might have been avoided, what comes next, and whether the rest of the banking system is in danger. * This article was originally published here PUBLISH WITH US! The Washington Gazette works at our discretion with businesses, non-pr…
Biden vetoes ESG bill — left wins, retirees lose
powered by Surfing Waves President Biden is doubling down on efforts to compel (“nudge” is the preferred euphemism) investors to put their hard-earned dollars into schemes that supposedly promote often misguided — but highly politicized — environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities. On Monday, March 20, he vetoed – his first such action – a bill, which would have reinstated a Trump-era ban on federal managers of retirement plans from considering factors such as climate change, social impacts or pending…
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