Tag: ‘sciencebased’

14 JAN

You can stay alert without drinking caffeine — try these science-based tricks the next time you feel tired

Matt Cardy/Getty Images Even after a good night’s sleep, all it takes is one rough commute or frustrating meeting to majorly wear us down. That’s probably why countless people reach for an afternoon cup of coffee, tea, or — god forbid — tiny bottles filled with foul-tasting herbs and a megadose of caffeine. But there […]

18 DEC

After firestorm, CDC director says terms like “science-based” are not banned

Enlarge / CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald at the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. (credit: Getty | Washington Post) The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fired off a series of tweets Sunday to try to quell fierce backlash from a Friday night report that the Trump […]

17 DEC

CDC barred from using terms like ‘science-based’ in budget docs

We can just imagine CDC personnel still shaking their heads after finding out that they can’t use certain terms in official documents for next year’s budget. According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration has prohibited the CDC from using “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based” — terms you’d expect to be part […]