Metro Weekly magazine — 2019-10-31 edition (PDF)
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October 31, 2019
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Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer who became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA title, has lost her challenge to overturn a policy banning transgender female athletes from competing as women in elite competitions.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Thomas's request for arbitration with World Aquatics, the governing body in swimming and diving events, effectively dashing any hope she had of competing in the Olympics or elite global competitions, reports The New York Times.
The Lausanne, Switzerland-based international body, established to settle disputes related to elite sporting competitions, ruled that Thomas did not have standing to bring the case because she was not a member of its member federation -- USA Swimming -- prior to bringing her challenge.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans about a deadlier form of mpox that is spreading rapidly through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and could potentially spread worldwide, saying it "poses a global threat."
According to findings published in the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the DRC is battling a record number of cases of pox, fueled by a strain with a higher death rate than a previous variant that spread rapidly throughout Europe and the United States in 2022.
The 2022 strain, also known as clade II, has a death rate ranging from 0.1% to 3.6% of cases, according to various studies.
Incidences of sexually transmitted infections have been on the rise in the U.S., and around the globe. Last week, in a move to combat increasing rates of STIs like syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released clinical guidelines on the use of antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis, or doxy-PEP, to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections.
In a report published June 6, the CDC states that “novel approaches are needed to address the STI epidemic, especially for populations disproportionately affected.”