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Kenneth R. Deans Jr.

South Carolina

Kenneth R. Deans Jr. is a Contributing Writer for The American Quorum. With 30+ years of leadership across healthcare, technology, and education, he brings an experienced, independent perspective to issues shaping America.

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Healthcare

Trump Weighs White House Veto Board for NIH Grants

Trump is weighing a White House-linked board with unanimous authority over NIH grants. The proposal could reshape biomedical research funding while testing statutory peer-review safeguards and constitutional limits.

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Healthcare

Congo Vaccinates Ebola Workers as Cross-Strain Protection Remains Unknown

Sep 20, 2026

Gloved clinician prepares an unbranded vaccine vial in a pediatric exam room.

Healthcare

Trump Seeks Five-Dose Regimen for Some Childhood Vaccines

Sep 19, 2026

A pediatric clinician prepares an intravenous infusion in a hospital treatment room.

Healthcare

FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Sanfilippo Syndrome Type A

Sep 18, 2026

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Healthcare

CDC Delay Holds Up COVID Shots for Safety-Net Programs

Sep 17, 2026

University administrators review blank compliance materials in a naturally lit campus office.

Education

Student Voter Data Bill Raises New FERPA Stakes for Colleges

Sep 17, 2026

A public-health nurse prepares a vaccination syringe in a clean community clinic.

Healthcare

Pennsylvania Reports Four Measles-Associated Deaths Amid Widening Outbreak

Sep 16, 2026

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Education

Senate Vote Brings a Federal College Sports Rulebook Closer

Sep 16, 2026

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Healthcare

WHO Validates Chile’s Elimination of Dog-Transmitted Human Rabies

Sep 15, 2026

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Education

Judge Halts Fixed-Term Rule for International Students

Sep 15, 2026

Healthcare worker prepares an unlabeled vaccine syringe in a clinic

Healthcare

Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Claims Third Reported Death

Sep 14, 2026

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Education

Immigration Enforcement Puts School Attendance and Trust to a New Test

Sep 14, 2026

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Healthcare

FDA Clears 4 Alzheimer’s Blood Tests, but Screening Gap Remains

Sep 13, 2026

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Education

Valley Forge Closure Tests the College Teach-Out System

Sep 13, 2026

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Education

UK Heatwave Cost Pupils 15 Million Classroom Hours

Sep 12, 2026

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Healthcare

Record Cyclospora Outbreak Ends With Source Still Unresolved

Sep 12, 2026

Residents wearing protective masks walk through dense wildfire haze on an Indonesian city street

Healthcare

Indonesia Wildfire Illnesses Double as Toxic Haze Spreads

Sep 11, 2026

Teacher, parent and student discuss school technology beside a closed laptop in a sunlit school library.

Education

California’s Child-Tech Laws Shift Digital Safety Beyond the Schoolhouse

Sep 11, 2026

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