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The Army ROTC Taught Me to Never Call Independence Day ‘The 4th of July’

The Army ROTC Taught Me to Never Call Independence Day ‘The 4th of July’

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America was founded on a set of beliefs and convictions—what Thomas Jefferson described as self-evident truths that were proclaimed in the 1776 Declaration of Independence and then protected by the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

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The NIH Emails

The NIH Emails

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A cache of internal emails obtained from within the US National Institutes of Health has exposed years of strategic planning for future pandemics involving governments, foundations, international organisations, and pharmaceutical companies. The documents, stretching back to at least 2016.

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FDA Leadership’s “Blind Spots” Leads to a Surge in Medical Device and Drug Recalls

FDA Leadership’s “Blind Spots” Lead to a Surge in Medical Device and Drug Recalls

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The FDA possesses the legal authority, institutional framework, and technical expertise necessary to solve this problem. What is missing is leadership’s willingness to demand the standards that once defined American drug regulation and legacy records of a low number of recalls.

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