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During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

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"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

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By Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune | 07.22.2020

Photo by Amarnath Tade on Unsplash

Seven weeks old, with a thoughtful expression and a full head of silky black...

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By Hayley Fowler , The News & Observer | 07.22.2020

For more than four decades North Carolina’s statewide eugenics program forcibly sterilized almost 7,600 people — many of whom were...

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By Peter Aldhous, BuzzFeed News | 07.22.2020

On July 19, genealogy enthusiasts who use the website GEDmatch to upload their DNA information and find relatives to fill...

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By Darryl Fears and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post | 07.22.2020

No one is more important to the history of environmental conservation than John Muir — the “wilderness prophet,” “patron saint...

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By Katie Hafner, The New York Times | 07.22.2020

This article is part of a series exploring how the Americans With Disabilities Act has shaped modern life for people...

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By Editorial, Nature | 07.21.2020

At the centre of Rosalind Franklin’s tombstone in London’s Willesden Jewish Cemetery is the word “scientist”. This is followed by...

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By Nikita Stewart , The New York Times | 07.21.2020

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will remove the name of Margaret Sanger, a founder of the national organization, from...

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By Ashley Gold, Los Angeles Times | 07.21.2020

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latino Americans is no secret. Now federal officials have launched studies of...