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Media Tip Sheet: Fake Winter Olympic Websites Targets Consumer With Discount Scams

Bitdefender, a cybersecurity firm, has detected an influx of online scams involving web pages that are almost identical to the official Winter Olympics merchandise site.

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Media Tip Sheet: FDA Reopens Review of Moderna’s mRNA Flu Shot

The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine after initially declining to consider it.

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Expeditionary Diplomacy with Veteran American Diplomat: GW Elliott School of International Affairs Middle East Policy Forum Welcomes James Jeffrey

The Elliott School of International Affairs’ Middle East Policy Forum welcomes Ambassador James Franklin Jeffrey to discuss his memoir, Middle East Crises: Expeditionary Diplomacy with the Bush,...

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Media Tip Sheet: Civil Rights Activist Rev. Jesse James Dies At 84

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the protegé of Martin Luther King Jr. who led the Civil Rights Movement after his death, has died at 84.

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Media Tip Sheet: Farm Bill Language and Animal Welfare Provisions

The House Agriculture Committee released updated language for the Farm Bill last week, with Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson noting that updated legislation is long overdue.

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Media Tip Sheet: Colon Cancer Now The Deadliest Cancer for Adults Under 50

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among adults under 50 in the U.S., according to new research published in JAMA.

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Media Tip Sheet: Oil, Geopolitics, and U.S./Venezuela Relations

As the United States recalibrates its approach to Venezuela, major questions remain about who will benefit and how global oil markets, corporate strategy and geopolitics may shift.

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American Public Health Association and 123 Public Health Leaders Urge Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Withdraw Proposed Rules Intended to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

Two public comments were filed today by 123 public health and health policy deans, chairs and scholars from leading academic institutions nationwide and the American Public Health Association (APHA)...

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Media Tip Sheet: Japan’s Sanae Takaichi Secures a Major Win by a Landslide

On February 8th, conservative leader Sanae Takaichi won Japan’s strongest government majority in more than 70 years in a historic landslide.

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Media Tip Sheet: EPA Revokes the Endangerment Finding

The White House announced today that the EPA would rescind the legal finding that has been used to limit pollution from vehicles, oil refineries and factories. The repeal of the “endangerment...