10 March 2024

Trikafta is a real breakthrough for cystic fibrosis sufferers. It's for cystic fibrosis patients 12 years and older with at least one F508del mutation in the CFTR gene, which affects 90% of the population with cystic fibrosis or roughly 27,000 people in the United States. This drug, actually a triple combo of elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor, is an exemplar for molecular biology.

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Man, that's dedication to your team. Some fans at frigid Chiefs playoff game underwent amputations due to frostbite.

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Well, OK then. Doctor says we ‘need meat’ for mental health to thrive.  No arguments from me.

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10 states did not fall for the Medicaid expansion trap under Obamacare. The rest are suffering. Yeah, remember when the media and the Left were castigating those states that refused to embrace Medicaid? Oregon hospitals are all on the brink now, partly due to the high cost of labor, as well as the shift to Medicaid, which does not pay well.

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Oregon's strategy to fight against pharmacy benefits managers, who are shutting down rural pharmacies? Make them get a license. Yeah, that's it.

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Private citizen documents that filth that is downtown Portland. She's sad to see how much the city has fallen. And here's a video on drug decriminalization. The telling tidnit is that Sen. Kate Lieber can't admit that it was a bad idea. But Tina Kotek is signing the reversal of M110, so that's some good at least.


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Idaho needs doctors. But many don’t want to come here. Is that all doctors? Or just obstetrician/gynecologists? The article makes it look like just the latter.

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The Worst States to be Rich, Poor, or In Between.  Not many people know that Tom Yamachika is a math-wiz, super-genius. He knows his numbers.

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People With Limited English Lost Money And Help In Lahaina Response. Clearly FEMA was not prepared to handle Hawaii's immigrant population in Lahaina. There weren't too many people in the department who spoke Ilokano, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, etc. There are a LOT of unique languages in that area.
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