As 23andMe struggles for survival, customers like Wiles have one pressing question: What is the company’s plan for all the data it has collected since it was founded in 2006? 🩺🧪
The once-hot Silicon Valley startup has seen its stock’s value decline 99% and is struggling to survive. That has put the spotlight on the genetic data it has on 15 million people.
another reminder that cultural competency is important to public health Non-native English speakers had lower COVID vaccine uptake, data suggest www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/non...
RFK Jr. says he’s helping Trump decide who will lead the FDA, NIH, CDC and more. It’s so incredibly dangerous for an anti-vaxxer to potentially dictate how health agencies function. The outcome of this election will have a huge influence on public health for years to come.
Former independent presidential candidate and antivaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that former President Trump wants him to choose leaders for key public health agencies if he wins the e…
I wish this game was easier
Scientific American is endorsing a presidential candidate for only the second time in the magazine’s 179-year history. That person is Kamala Harris. 🛟🩺🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote...
Kamala Harris has plans to improve health, boost the economy and mitigate climate change. Donald Trump has threats and a dangerous record
If you care about public health, this election matters. A Trump/Vance admin: Expands abortion bans and IVF restrictions Reduces health care access Appoints an antivaxxer to lead HHS Dismantles public health agencies Scapegoats marginalized groups Thinks the climate crisis is a hoax
"Last year, having turned up to protest a drag story time event in Wadsworth, Ohio, where white supremacists gave Nazi salutes and shouted 'Sieg heil,' [Blood Tribe] allegedly set up a chapter in the state."
Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors
someone actually spoke to the Haitian immigrants in Springfield
Haitian immigrants in Springfield spoke about the danger they feel in their community at an event Saturday evening.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? Learning styles aren’t real.
That’s 3% of the entire country’s population. An equivalent US crowd would be close to 10 million people.