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June 22, 2018
Human deworming measures lead to educational, economic gains Regular treatments for intestinal worm infections translate to improvements in human development and childhood education, shows a study authored by fellows Peter Hotez and Farhan Majid, postdoctoral fellow SuJin Kang, and the Baylor College of Medicine’s Ashish Damania.
June 22, 2018
Higher Opioid Use Linked to 2016 Support for Trump The chronic use of prescription opioids correlates at the county level with strong voter support for Trump, says a new study published in JAMA Network Open, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Drug policy fellow Katharine Neil Harris comments in the Dallas Morning News, noting the association is related to unaddressed socioeconomic problems.
June 20, 2018
Tariff threat from China may shift global oil flows Kenneth B. Medlock III, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, comments on the possible response of the global crude oil market should China impose tariffs on U.S. energy exports.
June 18, 2018
Ted Cruz pivots on family separation issue Political science fellow Mark Jones comments on the about-face made by most Texas GOP lawmakers. Austin American-Statesman: https://atxne.ws/2JXwN8L
June 15, 2018
Republican-leaning district now a toss-up? Political science fellow Mark Jones questions a Cook Political Report that lowers longtime GOP congressman Pete Sessions' chances for re-election.
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