In March 2020 I reviewed the proposed Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revisions by stating that it is “critical to water community's ongoing efforts protect consumers from risk of lead in drinking water. The revised rule an important step there are several opportunities make better.” On Jan. 15, 2021, US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published final LCR. Yes, Biden administration delayed e...

of paralysis about fourteen days after childbirth, in all probability of embolic or thrombotic origin. The paralysis involved the whole of the right side, leg, arm, and face, along with aphasia, but passed off very soon. In a few weeks it had almost disappeared, and in seven or eight months there was nothing left but aphasic symptoms. Nine months afterwards, however, mental symptoms showed them...

The Policing and Reducing Crime Unit (PRC) was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of the Police Research Group (PRG) and the Research and Statistics Directorate. PRC Unit is now part of the Research, Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office. The PRC Unit carries out and commissions research in the social and management sciences on policing and crime reduction, broadening ...

A recent randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a fixed, short antimicrobial treatment was published in May of this year (1). This interesting study brings to the fore the importance of evaluating, with proper methodology, one of the most disputable aspects of antimicrobial treatments, the duration. When supported by strong evidence or expert statements, shortening courses of a...