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2 months ago | 
foreignpolicy.com | Dana Sherne |Ravi Agrawal |Pankaj Mishra |Matthew M Kavanagh
Are human rights at a modern low point? One can certainly make the case they are, with conflict ongoing on multiple continents, refugee crises, and the rise of authoritarian leaders. The recent kneecapping of the U.S. Agency for International Development may exacerbate these problems: According to Human Rights Watch, U.S. President Donald Trump “poses a grave threat to human rights” globally.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
Health Pandemics United States U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), renewing an effort begun in 2020 but blocked after the election of Joe Biden. Trump’s decision invites two questions: First, has the United States actually, legally quit the WHO?
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
patch.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
Learning abounds at the Parsippany Library System, with so much to offer it can scarcely be contained within the library walls! Frequent visitors to the Parsippany Main Library on Halsey Road have been delighted to monitor its burgeoning Pollinator Garden, literally buzzing with activity this September with native bees, skippers, and Monarch butterfly caterpillars on the garden’s blossoms.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
patch.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
patch.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
With the wealth of seasonal hiking, birding, and gardening available on a clear spring day, getting a crowd of nature-lovers together – indoors – is no small feat. The award-winning documentary American River was, evidently, enough of a draw to bring 80 environmental advocates together on a recent Saturday at the Parsippany Main Library.
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May 26, 2024 | 
patch.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
HISTORIC PARSIPPANY HOME WELCOMES OLD-FASHIONED PEST CONTROL When Parsippany’s Livingston-Benedict House was built circa 1752, New Jersey’s native bats were one of the few and most reliable mosquito controls around. At that time, this property was a refuge to the first elected governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, who might have welcomed the relief on summer evenings, as it would be another 150 years before citronella oil came into popular use.
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May 7, 2024 | 
patch.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
The Parsippany Green Team, the Parsippany Environmental Advisory Committee, along with Wildlife Preserves, will be presenting for FREE the documentary AMERICAN RIVER this Saturday, May 11 at 10AM at the Main Parsippany Branch Library. The address is 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany. We encourage all interested to attend, mingle with likeminded friends and learn more about local environmental issues and activities.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Matthew M Kavanagh
Health Pandemics Science and Technology This month the World Trade Organization threw in the towel on COVID-19. Medicines like Paxlovid have been plentiful in the U.S. and Europe, but because of insufficient supplies and high prices, hardly anyone in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has had access. After more than three years of debate, the WTO declared on Feb.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
bmj.com | Matthew M Kavanagh |Luis Gil Abinader |Amanda Banda
Matthew M Kavanagh, director1, Luis Gil Abinader, fellow1, Amanda Banda, scholar2 1Center for Global Health Policy and Politics, Georgetown University School of Health and O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington, DC, USA 2Center for Global Health Policy and Politics, Georgetown University School of Health and O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Lilongwe, Malawi Correspondence to: M Kavanagh Matthew.Kavanagh{at}georgetown.edu Industry must not be...
