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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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The Eclipse Megamovie Project: An App to Add Images for Lasting Photo Archive
UC Berkeley solar physicist Oliveros cautions that smart phones, cameras, binoculars or telescopes must also be protected by an eclipse filter, created either by cutting up eclipse glasses and taping the filter over the camera lens, or by buying a special sun-safe filter or a number 14 welder’s glass to mount over the objective lens. more »
National Institutes of Health Twitter Chat: The Importance of Clinical Trials and The Clinical Research Process
Discovery's three-part documentary, First in Human, which follows the experiences of patients, their families, doctors, researchers, staff, and caregivers at the NIH Clinical Center, will air on three sequential Thursday evenings: August 10, 17, and 24, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. To further educate the public about clinical research and the NIH, we are planning social media events around the three episodes. We invite you to join us in any of these events using #FirstinHuman: more »
Consumer Reports: Do Americans Take Too Many Prescription Medications? Rushed Into Taking Medications Too Quickly?
More than half of Americans now regularly take a prescription medication — four drugs, on average. 53% of those who take prescription drugs get them from more than one healthcare provider, which increases the risk of adverse drug effects. 35% percent of those taking prescription drugs say a healthcare provider has never reviewed their medicine to see if they can stop any of them. Almost 1.3 million went to US emergency rooms due to adverse drug effects in 2014, and about 124,000 died from those events, according to estimates based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. more »
Congress and FTC: Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2017; Illegal Robo Calls; Safe Harbor Program and Collection of Personal Information From Children
This bill [Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2017] directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting seniors. The office must: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors. more »