Prof. Kiffer Card
@kiffercard
🏳️🌈 Professor studying The Social Ecology of Health and Wellbeing
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The QALYs lost!!
This is one of the more interesting articles I have read this year: the former dean of Harvard Medical School had a start-up in the late 1980s based on using GLP1s to treat diabetes and weight loss, but Pfizer stopped funding it despite promising early results. Two lessons:View quoted post on X
Thank you @RepTimKennedy!
Read more about why this is important: theconversation.com/changes-to-u-s…
Read more about why this is important: theconversation.com/changes-to-u-s…
theconversation.com Changes to U.S. dog import regulations: What they are and why they matter for dogs and for people The CDC’s new rules for bringing dogs into the U.S., in effect Aug. 1, have been revised to make them less onerous. But they highlight the impact of such rules on the well-being of pets and people. While updates from @CDCgov will make it easier to bring dogs across the border, there is more to be done. That’s why I’m introducing a bill that will permanently paws 🐾the rules in order to save dog owners time, money, and peace of mind.View quoted post on X
This is great news. The previously proposed policy introduced significant burdens for little public health gains. Thankful to @markhollandlib and others who advocated for looser public health travel restrictions. They heard the evidence and acted in good faith.
Updates to CDC’s August 1 dog importation rule: If you are bringing a dog into the US from a dog rabies-free or low-risk country, you now only need to fill out the simple CDC Dog Import Form. Read the full requirements: cdc.gov/dogtravelView quoted post on X
