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TL/DR - The U.S. claims that Russia has rejected its substantial proposal to secure the release of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, both detained in Russia on alleged spying charges. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller states that there is “no higher priority” for President Biden and the…

TL/DR - A poll by the health policy research group KFF found that many patients of color take steps to present themselves well when seeing a doctor, in an effort to avoid unfair treatment. 55% of Black respondents felt they needed to be very careful about their appearance to be treated fairly at medical appointments, a rate nearly double that of…

TL/DR - The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the 2024 International Health Study Fellowships to four journalists for projects comparing aspects of the U.S. health care system with a European country. The fellows consist of Ariel Cohen (CQ Roll Call), Avery Martinez (KVIA/ABC-7 El Paso), Eleanor Klibanoff (Texas Tribune), and…

TL/DR - Arup and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have released a report on the decarbonization of the U.S. commercial real estate sector. The report revealed that the U.S. has made notable, but uneven progress in decarbonizing commercial real estate, with high-opportunity areas like refrigerated warehouses and older commercial buildings…