Should traditional health practices and treatments be patented and licensed? Especially when the manufacturer makes no significant alteration in the product? How one man fought a patent war over turmeric : Planet Money https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1197321273/turmeric-india-biopiracy-patent-tkdl
#healthandnutrition #scienceandsociety #indigenous

‘Much more needed’ to achieve Paris climate goals: UN report https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/huge-gaps-in-ambition-threaten-climate-goals-un #climatechange #climatejustice #scienceandsociety

African nations demand more equity in who causes climate change and who pays the price: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/africa-climate-summit-links-unfair-debt-burden-with-calls-to-make-continents-green-assets-pay-off  #climateaction #climatechange #scienceandsociety

AI or real? Can you pass the quiz? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqnwxg8 #artificialintelligence #scienceandsociety #scienceandtechnology

Conspiracy theories 1: Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters https://nyti.ms/3sEzVxl #Scienceandsociety #misinformation #conspiracytheories

We often ask students to tell us how they prefer that we address them. Several states and local school boards have banned teachers from using these preferred names without parental permission. California (naturally) goes the other way: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/california-sues-district-that-requires-parents-be-notified-if-their-kids-change-their-gender-or-pronouns  #scienceandsociety #education #sexandgender

NIH "pauses" program meant to help combat health misinformation. Research would study effectiveness of approaches. Questions persist. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2808159?guestAccessKey=a411b474-5183-4209-97c0-82eea4083682&adv=000004948373 #healthpolicy #publichealth #scienceandsociety

Getting more diversity in educational admissions. UC Davis School of Medicine approach: Asking the question, “How will this applicant add to or strengthen the future physician workforce in California?” https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2808634?guestAccessKey=e485dac3-0541-4767-b58f-a8b794742e34&utm_adv=000004948373 A good approach for higher education (and industry) in general to strengthen the organizations. And what we were always told to emphasize when reviewing college admission candidates.
#diversity #scienceandsociety #equity

How is sign language adapting to climate change?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66464437
#climatechange #scienceandsociety

How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL? (videos) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66467469  
#climatechange #scienceandsociety

Interview with the new head of the CDC. New directions? Improvements? After COVID, the new CDC director is focused on building trust with the public https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191302954/the-new-cdc-director-outlines-3-steps-to-rebuild-trust-with-the-public
#publichealth #scienceandsociety

New tool helps descendants of African slaves to get past the barrier of lack of vital records in reconstructing genealogies. DNA links nearly 42,000 present-day relatives to Black people enslaved in 1800s  https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1191914142/a-landmark-study-opens-a-new-possible-way-for-black-americans-to-trace-their-anc 
#scienceandsociety #genetics #genealogy

ICYMI: Yep! There is still a sex bias in the sciences. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02467-y
#scienceandsociety #sexism #equity

Trials for Alzheimer's drugs missing out on a lot of human variation: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02464-1 (at the very least, companies are neglecting what might be a very large market segment) But when one segment of the population is at a higher risk, shouldn't research be focusing on that segment to generate the maximum benefit to society?
#scienceandsociety #researchethics #healthequity

Robert Oppenheimer famously pushed back against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, but have you heard of Joseph Rotblat? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/oppenheimer-rotblat-pugwash-conferences-1.6927180 #scienceandsociety #nuclearweapons #peaceActivist

Call for indigenous youth at the center of climate diplomacy. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02480-1 Touting a holistic approach, rather than the piecemeal efforts of national, political, corporate, and industrial interests.
What we're doing sure ain't working for us now!
#climatechange #climateaction #indigenous #scienceandsociety

Indigenous reclamation projects: St Lawrence Seaway: https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/how-indigenous-stewardship-made-a-barren-wasteland-teem-with-life-1.6922180
#indigenous #scienceandsociety #ecology

Getting help from civic organizations to meet public health goals. The Rabies Free Burkina Faso initiative: an example of how one health-oriented civil society organizations can contribute towards the achievement of the rabies zero by 30 goal. https://onehealthoutlook.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42522-023-00086-1

#publichealth #citizenscience #scienceandsociety

The post-disaster debate that we will be having again and again: Rebuild in place, or move somewhere safer? 'Should post-flood Montpelier be rebuilt on higher ground?' Vermont's capitol city hit hard by flooding. https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2023-07-28/should-post-flood-montpelier-be-rebuilt-on-higher-ground #climatechange #scienceandsociety

How Fake Science Sells Wellness https://nyti.ms/3q8fdFp And who is most likely to be fooled.

#scienceandsociety #health