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When Models and Reality Clash: A Review of Predictions of Epidemic and Pandemic Mortality

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Modeling can assist in raising questions to be answered by research. Technological advances have contributed to the reduction in infectious diseases, including pandemic mortality. But misuse of technology through inappropriate use of models could undo many of these important gains.

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Homeschooling Gave Medicine a Blueprint

Homeschooling Gave Medicine a Blueprint

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Medicine needs its own equivalent of the homeschool movement. Just as homeschooling deinstitutionalized education, so we need to de-medicalize healthcare. Medical professionals have our role—just as professional teachers continued to have a role assisting the pioneers of homeschooling.

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Endocrine Disruptors: An Uncontrolled Experiment?

Endocrine Disruptors: An Uncontrolled Experiment?

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Kennedy mentioned endocrine disruptors, chemicals in our food and water that can interfere with the body’s hormone biosynthesis. He spoke about how the poorly regulated use of these synthetic chemicals in the environment could affect fertility, sperm counts, and reproductive development.

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