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Science Lessons for The Next President
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Science Lessons for The Next President

David Malakoff and Jeffrey Mervis
Science, 2016
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, rising sea levels and Alzheimer’s disease weren’t the most popular talking points in the campaign season that led up to the 2016 US presidential election. Nonetheless, US president-elect Donald Trump will have to tackle these pressing issues, and many more. In understandable language that breaks down jargon, science policy reporters David Malakoff and Jeffrey Mervis highlight the issues that will captivate the Oval Office over the next four years. While always politically neutral, getAbstract recommends this digestible primer to policy makers, concerned citizens, President-elect Donald Trump and his cabinet.

Take-Aways

  • Climate change, technological advances and disease outbreaks are a few of the science-related matters US president-elect Donald Trump will face while in office.
  • Every year, two million Americans develop infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. US policy must prepare for epidemics and pandemics from emerging pathogens.
  • The government must regulate a new DNA-editing technology called CRISPR and decide whether to fund human embryo research using it.

About the Authors

David Malakoff and Jeffrey Mervis are reporters who specialize in science policy at Science.

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