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Many countries have banned the popular herbicide paraquat due to its extreme toxicity, while others have expressed concerns over the possible risk for Parkinson's disease. trib.al/0TzSVi4

@Supastarrstephh Hi! I'm a producer with ABC News - interested in speaking with you about your experience. Could you DM me?

I only got vaccinated to keep my teaching job 🙏🏽I better get a settlement in 10 years from the Covid vaccine commercial 🤣

@igstorres youtube.com/watch?v=B0vjrM… HE IS THE CUTEST

This kiddo is so cute 🥰 'Minari' Star Alan Kim on What It Was Like to Work With Steven Yeun | GQ gq.com/story/minari-a…

@lwmunoz Congratulations Laura! We will miss you!

Some news on my end. Thrilled to return to my roots in so many ways and excited for this new adventure. Thank you all for the warm virtual welcome. latimes.com/about/pressrel…

EXCLUSIVE: Former football players speak out for the first time on camera, accusing the NFL of avoiding paying head-injury claims based on a formula they say discriminates on the basis of race. Tune in to @Nightline tonight. abcn.ws/3oEL2ig

An NFL spox defended the protocols. “Adjustments in test scores based on age, education, race, and gender have been used by clinicians in every-day clinical neuropsychological practice, and were developed by neuropsychological experts to achieve diagnostic accuracy."

When the clinician interpreted the test scores as if those former players had been white, 34 of them met the criteria to receive payouts. When the clinician applied the recommended demographic correction to those same scores, however, only 10 of those same players qualified.

Nine tests were deemed “incomplete” because of “missing raw scores,” leaving a sample of 85 scores recorded by approximately 40 different clinicians between 2016 and 2020.

A neuropsychologist who has evaluated former NFL players under the concussion settlement program recently re-scored the results of cognitive tests from a group of 94 Black former players.

The NFL has repeatedly rebuffed requests to release demographic data on program payouts. But @ABC was able to obtain a data analysis that suggests that the impact of the practice on payouts could be significant.

One clinician lamented their possible complicity in a system that perpetuated “racial inequity” in payouts: “I’m realizing and feeling regretful for my culpability in this inadvertent systemic racism issue,” the clinician wrote. “As a group we could have been better advocates.”

Some of them fear that the league’s recommended protocols discriminate against Black players. In emails obtained by @ABC, clinicians say they supersede their professional judgement, sometimes leading to a “drastically different outcome” for former players seeking help.

EXCLUSIVE: The NFL insists that its concussion settlement program does not require the clinicians who evaluate former players for payouts to make race a factor in their determinations. Several of those clinicians, however, appear to disagree. abcnews.go.com/Sports/clinici…

Our ABC News Investigation into allegations of racial bias against the NFL's Concussion Settlement program airs Wednesday. @mustangalli @pamadden @clpark722

@Boydenphoto Zach - interested in speaking with you about what you're seeing in MN. Can you DM me?

@alikhan28 @MDaware @thehowie @AdamLBeckman @meganranney Just followed you - can you DM me now?

@clpark722 @MDaware @thehowie @AdamLBeckman @meganranney Also tried but no DMs

I signed to #GetMePPE and thereby #FlattenTheCurve while we #StayTheFHome - did you, #medtwitter #MedStudentTwitter, in this crucial time? Govt procurement revving up - we must act before it's too late to influence distribution. @MDaware @thehowie @AdamLBeckman @meganranney

@VGriffeth Val I'm a producer with ABC News. Interested to hear about your experience with lack of PPE. Could you DM me?

Don't let it come to this. Health workers are a limited resource. #GetMePPE

@meganranney @choo_ek @physicianwomen @darakass @GitaPensa Dr. Ranney - would you be interested in speaking with ABC News about PPE shortages? Could you DM me?