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Media Tip Sheet: GW Experts Available to Comment on Iowa’s Six Week Abortion Ban

In a special session, Iowa’s legislature passed a bill that bans most abortions after 6 weeks into pregnancy.

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Media Tip Sheet: FIFA Women’s World Cup Expected to Set Attendance & Viewership Records

The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand next week.

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Media Tip Sheet: NATO Summit Happening This Week, Ukraine and Russia to be Key Topics

NATO leaders are convening in Lithuania this week for a two-day summit.

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Media Tip Sheet: Putin and Prigozhin met days after failed mutiny

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia held a lengthy meeting with Yevgeny V. Prigozhin just five days after his Wagner private military company launched a brief mutiny...

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Media Tip Sheet: GW Expert Available To Comment on Tick-Borne Diseases

ick-borne disease cases have increased in the U.S. by 25% between 2011 and 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Media Tip Sheet: GW Experts Available To Comment on Use of Body Mass Index Scale

A new study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, cast further doubt on the body mass index rating scale as a sole indicator of health risk.

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Media Tip Sheet: Meta's Introduction of Threads

On Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 Meta officially launched its new app, “Threads”.

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Violence in the West Bank

After two days of warfare in the city of Jenin, Israel’s largest military operation in the West Bank ended on Wednesday, July 5.

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Media Tip Sheet: New Denmark Study Finds Transgender People Face Significantly Higher Suicide Risk

A population-level study out of Denmark found that people who identify as transgender have significantly higher rates of suicide and suicide attempts than the rest of the population.

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Device That Dissolves in Body Shows Promise in Monitoring and Treating Heart Disease

Made with FDA-approved materials, the dissolvable device could one day monitor, investigate and treat heart complications following surgery