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Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.07.2026

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...

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The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

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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These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva...

Genetic Selection

The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026

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

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‘Reeks of eugenics’: Administration’s autism ‘registry’ draws Nazi Germany comparisons

By David Badash , AlterNet | 04.24.2025

The Trump administration reportedly has plans to scrape your private medical data from sources like your doctor, your pharmacy, your...

Bioethics
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The Ugly Historical Echoes of Kennedy’s Comments on Autism

By Jessica Grose, The New York Times | 04.23.2025

"Autism Awareness Ribbon" via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Last week Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held...

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DNA

Forensic DNA breaks new ground for MMIP cold cases

By Mary Annette Pember, ICT News [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.18.2025

The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo.

In...

Genomics
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“NatalCon” and the Contradictions of the Pronatalist Right

By Daniel Colligan, Jacobin | 04.18.2025

From the Natalism website

Last month’s gathering of pronatalists in Austin, Texas, revealed a right-wing milieu riven by internal contradictions...

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DREDF Denounces RFK Jr.’s Comments on Autism as Hateful, Harmful and Uninformed

By Staff, DREDF | 04.17.2025

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr." by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by SA 3.0

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Pronatalism Isn’t a Solution, It’s a Problem.

By Sarah Jones, Intelligencer | 04.17.2025

From the Natalism website

Elon Musk may not have appeared at the Natal Conference in Austin, Texas, this year, but...

Society
Elon Musk

The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers

By Dana Mattioli, The Wall Street Journal | 04.15.2025

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Ashley St. Clair wanted to...

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‘Make Motherhood Great Again’: Pronatalism Finds a Comfortable Home in the Trump Administration

By Shoshanna Ehrlich, Ms. Magazine | 04.15.2025

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A month into President Donald Trump’s second term, Sean Duffy, the newly appointed secretary of the...

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