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A nonpartisan public policy institute @RiceUniversity. Ranked the No. 1 university-affiliated think tank in the world.
Joined July 2009
VICTORY IN DEFEAT: @BetoORourke lost to @tedcruz but wrestled a GOP stronghold back into play. He "breathed new life into a moribund #DemocraticParty," said @MarkPJonesTX. "He still has a bright future ahead of him." Read more at @guardian:
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JUST OUT: Drug companies that bypass distributors and offer generics directly to patients, like Mark Cuban’s @costplusdrugs, could disrupt the pharmaceutical supply chain and save thousands of lives, writes @BakerCHB’s @DrHKantarjian in a new commentary:
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Fellow @PeterHotez and colleague @mebottazzi used old but proven technologies that have been around for decades to develop the low-cost #Corbevax #vaccine. Now authorized for use in India, it is available to manufacturers worldwide. Get the story on @NPR:
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Happy 90th Birthday to our honorary chair, former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III!
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JUST ANNOUNCED: The Baker Institute is now ranked the No. 1 university #thinktank in the world, and @CES_Baker_Inst remains the top #energy and #resource policy think tank globally, according to @TTCSP’s annual survey: Rice News:
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TONIGHT: Watch the live webcast of the armchair discussion between former President @BarackObama and Secretary James A. Baker, III, with moderator @jmeacham at our 25th gala celebration. Tune in at 7:45 p.m. CST:
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The Hope mission (the Arab world’s first interplanetary spacecraft) has genuinely brought skills to the #UAE, said #MiddleEast fellow @Dr_Ulrichsen. It has contributed to employing a new generation of Emiratis in #science and #technology, he told @nature:
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"Vaccines are the best option against pandemics, but organized hostility against the scientific community may be public health’s most dangerous foe," said @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez. Read more in @usnews:
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The idea "that #Omicron is a mild virus & effectively functioning as an attenuated live #vaccine . to create massive herd immunity across the globe" is "flawed for a number of reasons,” says @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez, suggesting urgent global vaccination.
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That marks the end our 25th anniversary gala! We are so thankful to President @BarackObama, Secretary Baker and @jmeacham for their participation #Baker25th
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Today is the anniversary of the fall of the #BerlinWall. In a recent webinar, James A. Baker, III, who helped negotiate the reunification of #Germany, said, "Nothing represented the #ColdWar more vividly than the division of that once great nation." Watch:
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We are delighted to host a special conversation between former President @BarackObama and Secretary James A. Baker, III, moderated by presidential historian @jmeacham at our 25th gala celebration on Nov. 27. A live webcast will be available at:
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The #Corbevax #vaccine developed by @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez and @TexasChildrens colleague @mebottazzi has been approved for widespread use in India, and millions of doses are set for distribution. The @HoustonChron calls this "good news for everyone." 🗞
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“The #Trump administration is responsible for the single worst public #health failure in the last 100 years,” @PeterHotez, fellow in disease and poverty with @BakerCHB, told @NickKristof:
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In his disappearance and probable death, #Saudi journalist #JamalKhashoggi may have done more to get Washington to see the troubling reality of #MBS’s Saudi Arabia than he ever could have done in his writing, @Dr_Ulrichsen writes for @politico:
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The upcoming school year could act as an accelerant for #COVID19, said @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez. "If we’re serious about protecting our kids, it means getting everybody #vaccinated, everybody masked. It's just simple science."
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.@BarackObama will be the guest of honor at the institute's 25th anniversary gala on Nov. 27. #Baker25th.
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There are plenty of things to feel good about two years after the pandemic began, says @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez. But "if, or when, [variant #BA2] hits us, it will really hit us and go up fast," he cautions. "It's really important that Congress act."
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“The fact that a student, especially a student from a British university, has been sucked into the state security system and accused of being a #spy is a massive escalation,” says fellow @Dr_Ulrichsen of #MatthewHedges’ detainment in the #UAE:
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As experts monitor the spread of #Omicron subvariant BA.2, @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez recommends waiting two weeks to lift #MaskMandates. Watch his interview with @ChrisJansing on @MSNBC: 📺
As states lift mask mandates across the country, @PeterHotez says the next two weeks will be telling to the “trajectory of Covid-19 in America.” . “The numbers are declining pretty steeply,” Hotez says. And if that continues “it will be safe to lift mask mandates.”. @MSNBC
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Fellow @PeterHotez’s new book “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning” discusses the global assault on science, scientists and vaccines. Read @CIDRAP’s Q&A:
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.@BarackObama: Not only did I not get indicted, nobody in my administration got indicted. Which, by the way, is the only administration in modern history that this can be said about! #Baker25th.
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#Masks aren't a substitute for vaccines, but they'll be a lifeline this coming school year for children who aren't yet eligible, said @BakerCHB fellow and #vaccine expert @PeterHotez on today's @TexasStandard:
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Happening tonight! Dr. Hotez will discuss his new book with @LisaGray_HouTX. Sign up to get a link to our broadcast ➡️
Many thanks @andrewdansby for the great article, Ken Ellis for the drawing, in today’s @HoustonChron re: my new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-science @JHUPress. Tonight I will have a conversation with @LisaGray_HouTX at @BakerInstitute
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TUNE IN: Secretary James A. Baker, III speaks on the legacy of President George H.W. Bush at a special tribute event at @TheBushCenter in Dallas, TX. Watch the livestream: #Remembering41
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"There’s a real possibility [the Delta variant] could become the dominant variant by the summer and cause a lot of damage, especially to young people who aren’t #vaccinated," said @BakerCHB fellow and #vaccine expert @PeterHotez:
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"Remember, this is the #president of the United States, and if he gets severely ill, especially a month before the #election, that's a major national security issue," said fellow @PeterHotez about the news that #Trump has tested positive for #Covid19.
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As #Texas Gov. #GregAbbott rules out another lockdown, fellow @PeterHotez and other medical professionals worry that hospitals will become overwhelmed. “It’s the job of every elected leader . to prevent a surge on intensive care units,” Hotez said.
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The Baker Institute is once again ranked one of the top three university-based #thinktanks globally, while the @CES_Baker_Inst is named the top #energy & resource policy think tank worldwide for the 2nd consecutive year according to @Penn's annual survey:
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"The former secretary of state’s experiences as a public servant offer timeless lessons in how to use personal relationships, broad-based coalitions and tireless negotiating to advance United States interests," writes @SamanthaJPower about Secretary Baker:
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With international focus on the #Olympics, #Tokyo has a singular opportunity to finally eliminate the sale and trade of elephant #ivory in #Japan, write James A. Baker, III and @HillaryClinton in an op-ed for @washingtonpost:
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"An organized, well-funded and empowered anti-science movement now threatens to spill over and threaten all childhood immunizations in the USA and globally," writes @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez in an article for @NatRevImmunol. 📖 Read it here:
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"During the pandemic, anti-science attacks have gotten worse," writes @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez in a new @BostonGlobe op-ed, drawing on his personal experiences as well as those of others. "We need an organization prepared to defend #biomedical #scientists."
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"The only way you would have a #vaccine released to the public prior to the Nov. 3 #election is if you tampered or meddled with the process and cut it short," health fellow @PeterHotez told @LisaGray_HouTX of @HoustonChron:
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WATCH: @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez joined @MSNBCMorningJoe to discuss the rise in #coronavirus infections and hospitalizations in the U.S. and the spread of #vaccine disinformation:
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In October, @PeterHotez presented his new book, “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science,” and recounted the anti-vaccine movement’s evolution into an increasingly mainstream rejection of science in American politics. 📺Watch the event.
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Fellow @PeterHotez explains how the CDC's new mask guidance for those already #vaccinated addresses threats posed by the highly transmissible #DeltaVariant.
"I think this is going to be a temporary measure until we can get the Delta variant under control. @PeterHotez breaks down the new CDC guidance. @ShaunKraisman
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@BakerInstMexico’s @PayanTony introduces our 2024 Mexico Country Outlook, out now. Read the report for insights on the major policy issues facing Mexico this year, from the upcoming election to the country’s trade and investment environment. Read more:
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"One of the most effective political figures of this or any age, #Baker was a dazzling one-man band," writes @Edsquire in his review of "The Man Who Ran Washington," a book by @peterbakernyt and @sbg1 about the life and times of James A. Baker, III:
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With @BarackObama's visit tonight, the Baker Institute will have hosted every president dating back to Ford. “That’s important to us” Amb. @EdwardDjerejian tells @HoustonChron. “It emphasizes relevance, and just draws attention to the work we’re doing.”
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.@VP: This is America. This is already in our grasp. We can end the surge of cancer as we know it. But we've more work to do #BakerBiden.
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.@VP Mike Pence thanks Secretary Baker and acknowledges @jguaido's appointed ambassador to the U.S. @carlosvecchio, who is in the audience. #BakerPence.
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Developed by @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez & @mebottazzi, #Corbevax has now been administered to 70 million adolescents in India. Read more updates about this low-cost, easy-to-make & patent-free #COVID19 vaccine at @NPR:
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Decoupling vaccines from politics – A call for action:. Countering #AntiVaccine rhetoric + #COVID19 misinformation is an "urgent public health priority," write 11 experts, incl. @PeterHotez, @BakerCHB's Rekha Lakshmanan in @Lancet. Steps forward here:
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.@BakerCHB's @PeterHotez predicts a surge in #COVID19 cases in the South this summer. It’s “already starting," he told @MotherJones. In Missouri, for instance, there is a “perfect storm” of low #vaccination rates and a high percentage of the #DeltaVariant.
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.@BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez talked with @Trevornoah about what #TravelBans mean for the spread of #Omicron. Read or watch on @HoustonChron: 📖 / 📺
“By the time we identify a new variant, it’s already gone global.”. Dr. @PeterHotez on the reality of Covid’s evolving variants and the limited impact of travel bans.
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"Given the levels of virus neutralizing antibodies that we’re seeing in adolescents, it’s going to be a pretty damn good #vaccine," said @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez about the recent study showing how effective the #Pfizer vaccine is in children ages 12 to 15.
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Hundreds of new Texas laws come into effect today, including anti-LGBTQ measures, new state funding for anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers," and other legislation fellow @MarkPJonesTX calls a "smorgasbord of red meat for the Republican base":
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In an op-ed in @wapo, fellow @PeterHotez calls for the federal government to triple its current #vaccination goal. "We are in a race against the rise of new variants and must grow our national vaccination capacity," Hotez writes. Read his recommendations:
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WATCH: @PeterHotez, fellow in disease and poverty with @BakerCHB, joined @CNN to discuss #Trump's #Covid19 response.
“The President has allowed. a public health problem to become a full-blown homeland security threat, to the point where people were terrified about going outside. The President engendered that by his absence of leadership,” Dr. @PeterHotez says on Trump’s response to Covid-19
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As the world faces the latest wave of #COVID19, a #vaccine produced by health fellow @PeterHotez & @mebottazzi is ready to be deployed. Their #CORBEVAX vaccine is inexpensive, effective, safe and easy to store and distribute, they write in @sciam:
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TODAY: At 4:30 pm CDT, the Honorable @Mike_Pence, the 48th vice president of the United States, will give an address at Baker Hall on the current state of U.S. energy policy and the path to increasing energy security. 📺 Watch the livestream:
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The #Corbevax vaccine, developed by @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez and @mebottazzi, could be used to fill the vaccine supply gap in low-income countries. Hotez explains why #vaccinating the world is both humanitarian and "in our enlightened self-interest":
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THIS EVENING at the @BakerInstitute, join former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker, III, and @HillaryClinton for a conversation on #ForeignPolicy moderated by @NorahODonnell. 📅 Oct. 26 | 8:15 pm CDT.Get the link: #BakerLive #Baker30
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What's #brewing? These #patent-free, #vegan #vaccines made by @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez & @TexasChildrens colleague @mebottazzi use long-proven technologies that low- & middle-income countries around the world can manufacture for themselves. 🌍💪.
Doctors @PeterHotez & @mebottazzi hope to close global Covid vaccine equity gaps, and end the pandemic with an affordable, easy to produce, patent-free vaccine. @PeterHotez tells @BreakingChesky:. “The great thing about it is there's no limit to the amount you can make."
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“#Omicron is starting to rival our most transmissible infectious agent of all: measles,” says fellow @PeterHotez. And while large unvaccinated pockets remain in the world—such as "if we fail to #vaccinate the Southern hemisphere"—new variants will emerge.
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At a molecular level, @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez works to help spearhead vaccines for #NTDs (and now #COVID19). He has led research teams and authored 600+ scientific papers & 4 books, and @AAMCtoday has recognized him for key contributions to public health.
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"If there are data to support safety & impact, an emergency 4th shot might be offered to #healthcare workers now several months out from their #boosters," writes @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez in @latimes, as a specific measure to support depleted medical teams.
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"I don't think we've ever seen a collapse of that magnitude [anywhere] without a war, without sanctions," fellow @fmonaldi said, discussing the decline of #Venezuela's #oil industry:
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Mexico’s 2024 elections will be a critical test for its democracy. Will the nation succumb to the manipulations of those in power, or will democracy prevail? A new @BakerInstMexico brief offers insights from an event with political analyst @macariomx.
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Upcoming #Biden admin would do well to rescind #Trump's "rash & cynical” action to recognize #Moroccan sovereignty over #WesternSahara, writes James A. Baker, III, in @washingtonpost. Trump's move is a serious blow to diplomacy & intl law and diplomacy.
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.@BarackObama: It’s good to be back in Houston!. He also congratulates the #HoustonTexans, some of whom are in the audience, on their win yesterday on Monday Night Football. #Baker25th.
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"#COVID pandemics will be pretty regular. It's not a matter of if but when," says @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez. "We have to up our game.". Watch his interview on @KHOU about his new book "Preventing the Next Pandemic."
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Before the change in leadership, Twitter was working to remove some accounts that spread anti-vaccine disinformation. But “now it looks like Twitter’s giving these accounts some legitimacy”, said @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez. Read his comments in @guardian:
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WATCH: @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez joined @RuhleOnMSNBC to discuss #vaccine misinformation and how the country can safely return to normalcy:
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New variants like #Omicron were "predicted and predictable," @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez tells @KatyTurNBC. He discusses the need to ramp up global #vaccination efforts on @MSNBC. 🌍.
"Until there's a global commitment. we're going to continue to see this problem." While the Omicron variant feels like the end of the pandemic for some, the reality is different. @PeterHotez talks to @KatyTurNBC about the need for global vaccination efforts.
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Statement of James A. Baker, III, on the passing of George H.W. Bush.
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TONIGHT: We honor Marguerite Barankitse for her humanitarian work during the Burundi civil war. Follow our live tweet at 6:30 w/ #BakerPrize
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On Wednesday Oct. 7 at 11 am CDT, Secretary Baker will join @peterbakernyt and @sbg1, two of America's most prominent political journalists, to discuss their book, "The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.” Register now:
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JUST OUT: In 2021, the Baker Institute rose to the No. 1 ranking among the world’s top university-affiliated #ThinkTanks. Learn more about the impact our fellows, scholars & researchers have achieved over the past year in our newly released annual report:
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"Anti-science is arguably one of the leading killers of the American people, and yet we don't . treat it as such," @BakerCHB fellow and #vaccine expert @PeterHotez told @Reuters:
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Russia’s use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war has “concentrated minds in [Gulf Cooperation Council] capitals in a way that the initial Russian invasion of Ukraine probably didn’t,” @Baker_EPDCtrME’s @Dr_Ulrichsen told @reuters.
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How might a stronger #publichealth system have changed the trajectory of the last 18 months? How can it still change the course ahead? @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez joined @DrLeanaWen to cover #COVID19, society & misinformation w/ @TexasTribune's @kbrooksharper:.
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Although cases and deaths are way down in the United States, attacks on #COVID19 scientists are worse than ever — and are indicative of a systematic anti-science project on the far right, writes @BakerCHB's @PeterHotez. Read his op-ed in @thedailybeast:
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Congratulations to @CES_Baker_Inst fellow @jimkrane! His book, “Energy Kingdoms,” won the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies’ Book Award 2019 prize at the @MESA_1966 conference last week in New Orleans.
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The President of Rice University, @RDesRoches, introduced our distinguished guests. #RaisingAMeaningfulVoice #BakerLive 📷
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Across decades and presidencies, James A. Baker III became "Washington’s indispensable man." How did he do it? In an article adapted from their book about Secretary Baker, authors @peterbakernyt and @sbg1 offer Baker's 7 rules for running Washington:
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The #HarrisCounty judge's race is in a dead heat, according to a new @hobbyschooluh report from fellow @MarkPJonesTX & co-authors. President Biden's unpopularity is one factor hurting incumbent Democrat @LinaHidalgoTX, Jones told @HoustonPubMedia:
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.@BarackObama: When I walked into the Oval Office, there is a reverence there that is independent of you. If you don’t feel that, then you shouldn’t be there because a lot of fights, sacrifices, and bloodshed is represented in that office. #Baker25th.
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The institute now ranks No. 3 among the best university-affiliated think tanks in the world, and @CES_Baker_Inst has risen to be the top #energy- and resource-based think tank:
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WATCH: @PeterHotez, fellow in disease and poverty with @BakerCHB, talks about his work on developing a #vaccine for #Covid19 and warns against overpromising vaccine timelines:
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.@BarackObama: By the time I took office, there was a change in the media environment where if you are a Fox News viewer, you have a different reality than a New York Times reader. It means that the basis of reporting is political #Baker25th.
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Mr. Baker, to grand applause: I’m most proud that I had the privilege of serving two presidents as chief of staff, of being secretary of treasury, of being secretary of state, of running five presidential campaigns, and of leaving Washington without getting indicted #Baker25th.
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In a Q&A with @HoustonChron's @andrewdansby, fellow @PeterHotez discussed new #COVID19 variants and subvariants, the rollout of the Corbevax vaccine, and the outlook for summer 2022:
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JUST OUT: US-#Saudi relations falter, #Russia-Saudi ties deepen. @Baker_EPDCtrME's @Dr_Ulrichsen & @CES_Baker_Inst's @finley_mark, @jimkrane analyze the implications at a time of "strategic rivalry, great power competition & transitioning energy systems."
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"An 'autumn reset' promoting the use of #masks, #contacttracing and #socialdistancing could still save 100,000 lives. This must be our highest national priority," writes @PeterHotez, fellow in disease and poverty with @BakerCHB:
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Tomorrow: Honorary Chair James A. Baker, III, will speak @TheBushCenter in Dallas, TX, to pay tribute to President George H.W. Bush. #Remembering41. For more information on the event:
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Even before Covid-19, Mexico’s health care system was in crisis, with shortages of supplies, drugs and staff. A president who's downplaying the outbreak, brandishing amulets to “protect” him, isn’t helping matters. Read more at our blog: @BakerCtrUSMEX.
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"You have to get 75% of the population vaccinated in order to stop transmission of this virus," said fellow and vaccine expert @PeterHotez, as officials worry that the anti-vax movement will threaten the success of the #COVID19 #vaccine:
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Political science fellow @MarkPJonesTX weighs in on three races to watch in #Texas: The Texas Senate Democratic primary, the #TX22 GOP runoff and the #TX13 GOP runoff. @voxdotcom:
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Joining with @HoustonChron's @LisaGray_HouTX for a virtual town hall, @BakerCHB fellow @PeterHotez said now is not the time for #Texas to roll back #COVID19 restrictions. "My preference would have been to wait until Texans are vaccinated, until June."
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"You can't get to development without research; there are no applications without discovery." @NSF director France A. Córdova #BakerCivSci.
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The new #omicron booster shot protects against the #COVID19 subvariant that’s currently prevalent in Texas and the U.S. “The key is to be mindful of your own vaccination situation and keep up with your boosters,” fellow @PeterHotez told @TexasStandard.
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The murders of #mayors in #Mexico threaten its #democracy but remain largely understudied, write @BakerMexicoCtr 2017 Visiting Scholar @DavidPreze & Helden De Paz Mancera. Read their research on the victims, perpetrators & locations of attacks since 2004:
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The Honorable James A. Baker III presents honoree Marguerite Barankitse with the #BakerPrize for Excellence in Leadership
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