NPR News Now reports: Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, National Guard called out in Wisconsin following shooting, and other news.
Morning News Podcast: Republican Convention And Wisconsin Shooting
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Morning News Podcast: Portland Riots, New Post Office Funding
NPR News Now reports: Rioting continues in Portland, new funding approved by the House, and other top news.
Morning News Podcast: Kamala Harris At DNC, Post Office, Stimulus Bill Talks
This Morning With Gordon Deal: DNC nominates Kamala Harris in a historic selection for VP, U.S. House to vote on $25 billion postal infusion, and the surprising way to tell you’ve had too much to drink.
Morning News Podcast: Michelle Obama Speaks At Convention, Extreme Heat Advisories In The West
NPR News Now reports: Day 1 at Democratic Convention featured speech by Michele Obama, weather advisory for excessive heat in the West, and other top news.
Politics Monday: Tamara Keith And Amy Walter On The 2020 Election (pBS)
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, President Trump’s counter-programming during a big week for former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump’s efforts to undermine the U.S. Postal Service and how Congress might intervene in response.
Morning News Podcast: The Democrats Virtual Convention Begins, Covid-19, Sheryl Sandberg
Axios Today reports: Democrats are going ahead with a mostly virtual convention, starting tonight. But how TV networks will cover the event, and how the millions of American voters watching it will react is still up in the air.
- Plus, the Trump administration is eyeing another unproven coronavirus treatment.
- And, Sheryl Sandberg shares some key takeaways from Lean In’s new report on Black women in the workplace.
Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev, Jonathan Swan, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Global News Podcast: China’s New Economy, Belarus’s Sham Election & Fading Office Romance
The Economist Magazine presents a selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Xi Jinping is reinventing state capitalism (10:20), Belarus’s sham election (14:25), and the decline of the office romance.
World News Podcast: Hong Kong And Belarus Protests, Covid-19 Surge
DW Radio News 24/7 reports: Recently arrested Hong Kong media CEO Jimmy Lai vow that pro-democracy protests against China will continue, Belarus protests, and WHO reports 300,000 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours.
Morning News Podcast: Politics Of Post Office Changes, Iowa Outages, California Blackouts
NPR News Now reports: The political issues surrounding operational changes at the Post Office, Iowa power outages after this week’s storms and California blackouts.
Health: Lung Cancer Deaths Drop As Targeted Therapies Improve (NEJM)
NEJM (Aug 13, 2020) – Population-level mortality from NSCLC in the United States fell sharply from 2013 to 2016, and survival after diagnosis improved substantially. Our analysis suggests that a reduction in incidence along with treatment advances — particularly approvals for and use of targeted therapies — is likely to explain the reduction in mortality observed during this period.
“The survival benefit for patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with targeted therapies has been demonstrated in clinical trials, but this study highlights the impact of these treatments at the population level,” said Nadia Howlader, Ph.D., of NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, who led the study. “We can now see the impact of advances in lung cancer treatment on survival.”
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