New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins dies at 100

New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins dies at 100

Calvin Tomkins, whose New Yorker profiles of contemporary artists in the 1960s and ’70s revealed the avant garde painters, sculptors and installationists being ignored by classical critics and elevated them from gritty, obscure galleries in downtown New York City into the broader American culture, died March 20. He was 100. Source: Read Full Article

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US health department investigates 13 states that require insurance plans to cover abortion | Abortion

US health department investigates 13 states that require insurance plans to cover abortion | Abortion

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday that it is investigating 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion services. HHS officials said in a news release that the department’s office for civil rights (OCR) is looking into the states for allegedly violating the federal Weldon amendment,…

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Christine McCartney obituary | Microbiology

Christine McCartney obituary | Microbiology

My friend and former colleague Christine McCartney, who has died aged 79, was a distinguished medical microbiologist and a tireless champion of public health microbiology. As executive director of the Health Protection Agency’s Regional Microbiology Network, Christine played a central role in strengthening the links between laboratory microbiology and epidemiology, recognising that effective public health…

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