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Polygenic Risk Scores & Anti-Discrimination
In a new article published in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Jin K. Park, Susannah Baruch, and I. Glenn Cohen examine whether current U.S. anti-discrimination laws like the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act are adequate for an era of increasingly sophisticated genetic prediction. Bonus: Read coverage in the New York Times.
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Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine: A New Medical School for Black Students
In the state of Louisiana, 32.6 percent of the population identify as Black, while 8.3 percent of the state’s physicians identify as Black. Across the nation, 13.7 percent of the population identify as Black, while 5.7 percent of physicians identify as Black.
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Making Argentina Less Safe: The Human Rights Consequences of Leaving WHO
On May 22, 2026, the World Health Assembly formally acknowledged Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), consolidating a process that has now placed the country among the very few states to abandon the principal institution of global health governance.
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Poisoned Wells: Iowa’s Fertilizer Crisis
Iowa is the only state bounded on either side by major rivers, fitting borders for a state whose prosperity is defined by water. The state has long been one of the nation’s most agriculturally productive.
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How to Make Sense of the Psychedelics Executive Order
For those of us who work in the psychedelic field, the April 18 press conference announcing several actions to speed up psychedelic research was a watershed moment.
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Fireside Chat
I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
December 2023
This interview focuses on Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
