Daily Archives: September 20, 2024
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: American Health Under Trump — Past, Present, and Future
Health News tamfitronics Can't see the audio player?Listen on:The HostRecent comments from former President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers preview potential health policy pursuits under a second Trump administration. Trump is yet again eyeing changes to the Affordable Care Act, while key lawmakers want to repeal Medicare drug price negotiations.Also, this week brought news of the first publicly reported death attributed to delayed care under a state abortion ban. Vice President Kamala Harris said the death shows the consequences of Trump’s actions to block abortion access.This week’s panelists are Emmarie Huetteman of KFF Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins University’s schools of nursing and public health, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th.PanelistsAmong the takeaways from this week’s episode:Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trump’s running mate, says Trump is...
I ended my engagement within 24 hours over a DM from a stranger – the discovery was unforgivable
Top Stories Tamfitronics WHEN Michelle Elman announced her engagement to her 270,000 Instagram followers, she was on cloud nine.But her fairytale romance came crashing down in just half an hour, as the announcement sparked a gut-wrenching confession in the 31-year-old’s DMs.2Michelle Elman's engagement came crashing down in less than 24 hoursCredit: Splash2She received a gut-wrenching message after announcing the happy news on InstagramCredit: RexMichelle’s ex-fiance had cheated on her with one of her followers.And not only that, the other woman was a fan of the author who had read her four books and even spoken to her a few years prior.“My world came crashing down in less than 24 hours,” Michelle says.“I’ve never been able to tell the proposal story because it was one of the best days and it’s sad to not be able...
SpaceX letter criticizes FAA for “systemic challenges” in launch licensing
Top Stories Tamfitronics EchoStar's colossal Jupiter-3 satellite launches on a Falcon Heavy July 28, 2023. Credit: SpaceXPARIS — SpaceX fired back at the Federal Aviation Administration over the agency’s proposed fines for launch license violations, blaming the FAA for dragging its heels on what the company considered minor changes.SpaceX released Sept. 19 a letter it sent to the leadership of the House Science Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee, the two committees with oversight of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, or AST.The four-page letter offered the company’s detailed response to the FAA’s proposed $633,000 in fines for license violations announced Sept. 17 from two launches in mid-2023. In one Falcon 9 launch, the FAA said that SpaceX used a new launch control center without approval and skipped a required poll of controllers two...
Saudi Arabia plots space industry transformation
Top Stories Tamfitronics Martijn Blanken, Neo Space Group CEO, speaking at World Satellite Business Week in Paris Sept 17. Credit: NSG / Novaspace / World Satellite Business WeekTAMPA, Fla. — Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-backed Neo Space Group (NSG) is looking to lease multi-orbit capacity to bolster its foothold in the satellite market, ahead of likely owning and operating its own constellation.“Our team is currently working hard to identify those areas in the market where it makes sense to deploy our own capital,” NSG’s newly appointed CEO Martijn Blanken told SpaceNews in an interview.Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, created NSG in May as part of plans to become a major force in space and further diversify its economy from oil.Blanken said NSG would be responsible for Saudi...
