David States, MD PhD

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Nice to have it reopen, but renovating a news stand should not take 5 years. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/31/harvard-square-kisok-reopens/
Historic Harvard Square Kiosk Reopens as Cambridge KiOSK After 5 Years | News | The Harvard Crimson

The newly renovated Cambridge KiOSK — formally known as the Harvard Square Kiosk — welcomed visitors back with a ribbon cutting celebration on Friday morning.

Physician unions are about preserving profession integrity.

Primary Care Physicians at Mass General Brigham Vote to Unionize Amid Representation Dispute

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/6/1/mgb-physicians-union-vote/

Primary Care Physicians at Mass General Brigham Vote to Unionize Amid Representation Dispute | News | The Harvard Crimson

Primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming a union on Friday amid a dispute with the hospital system over their bargaining unit’s size.

Can you spell obesity? It's a leading risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, vascular disease and cancer. If @SecKennedy wants to Make America Health Again, he needs to reverse the obesity epidemic. GLP-1 RA drugs are a part of the solution https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/chronic-disease-america-charts-b74372ac

Whatever happened to the oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and the duty of civil servants to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest?

Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/27/trumps-border-czar-earned-consulting-fees-from-immigrant-detention-firm/83874955007/

Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm

Tom Homan, a top ICE official, earned an undisclosed amount from a division of the GEO Group, one of two companies that operates the majority of the nation’s immigrant detention facilities.

The Detroit News
Oh my, taking a high school computer science class helps women, minorities and students from low SES. Maybe we shouldn't drop algebra and computer science from the curriculum 🤔

Head on collision. Driver wearing a seatbelt suffered minor injuries. Driver not wearing a seatbelt died. Seatbelts save lives. Use them.
Check out this article from Detroit Free Press:

26-year-old Oxford woman dies after head-on crash in Brandon Twp.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2025/05/25/oxford-woman-dies-oakland-county-crash-brandon-township/83854778007/

26-year-old Oxford woman dies after head-on crash in Brandon Twp.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office say the crash happened at around 11:41 p.m. Saturday in the northbound lane of Baldwin Road near Seymour Lake Road.

Detroit Free Press

Michigan consumers already pay high electric rates. Now, we are going to be stuck with an antiquated, money losing, toxic pollution coal plant that the utility wanted to shutdown. Thanks for nothing.

Trump officials order Michigan coal power plant must stay open on eve of shutdown
https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/05/trump-officials-order-michigan-coal-power-plant-must-stay-open-on-eve-of-shutdown.html

Trump officials order Michigan coal power plant must stay open on eve of shutdown

Consumers Energy was slated to close its last coal-fired power plant on Lake Michigan within weeks, but Trump officials are using emergency authority to intervene.

mlive
The copy of the Magna Carta that Harvard bought for $27.50 turns out to be real https://www.wsj.com/us-news/harvard-original-magna-carta-07bf9c7f
The 1960s and 70s were the Cold War. The 2020s are Russia's Gray War. https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/germany-foils-alleged-russian-plot-to-mail-incendiary-devices-f8ad87fa
Time for education systems to stop discriminating against boys. Males are less likely to graduate or move on to the next level at high school, college and graduate/professional degrees. Boys and girls are not the same, we need to address the needs and aspirations of both.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/upshot/boys-falling-behind-data.html
It’s Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind

Boys’ educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood indicate that many are not thriving.

The New York Times