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Emily Bender

Media Tip Sheet: GW Expert Available on EPA lead paint Regulation

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new bill that would affect millions of buildings nationwide.

Ryan Watkins

GW Expert Available to Discuss FTC's OpenAI Investigation

On Wednesday, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up behind ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its...

artificial sweeteners

Media Tip Sheet: GW Expert Available to Comment on Aspartame’s Links to Cancer

The WHO is expected to release two separate committee reports that will designate aspartame, as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.”

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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.

GW Monogram

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...

engorged female blacklegged, deer tick, which transmits Lyme disease,

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).

Body Mass Index scale

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.

David Karpf

Media Tip Sheet: Meta's Introduction of Threads

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