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Suspended Columbia University doctor sentenced for abusing former patient

A now-suspended Columbia University doctor and professor of pediatrics was sentenced Friday to a year of conditional discharge, and counseling, for sexually abusing a former patient. A jury found Joel Lavine guilty in December of two counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse in the third degree. Lavine, a former vice chair …

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Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” February 13, 2022

The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, February 13, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to former FDA commissioner and Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb. Doctor, I have to say there was a lot of whiplash this …

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Despite soaring U.S. inflation, some things are getting cheaper

Americans are getting walloped by higher inflation. A recent estimate by economists at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School found that the average household must spend $3,500 more in order to buy the same amount of goods and services they did in 2000. But despite inflation hitting a 40-year high …

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