California’s dark history of forced sterilizations comes into focus as it seeks victims to pay reparations
During the early 20th century, California sterilized about 20,000 people. Between 2005 and 2013, state prisons also sterilized 144 women.
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WastewaterSCAN will monitor wastewater for COVID-19, monkeypox, other diseases
The effort expands on a previous initiative in Northern California that provided the only reported detections of monkeypox genetic material in sewage. […]
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‘Where the bats hung out’: How a basement hideaway at UC Berkeley nurtured a generation of blind innovators
Joshua Miele, who builds adaptive technologies at Amazon, is part of a generation of leaders who are reshaping the world and have roots in The Cave, a basement hideaway at… […]
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This clinical trial wanted to end breast cancer disparities. But first it needed to enroll Black women
Ensuring that trial participants come from diverse backgrounds will mean that the next generation of screening — personalized screening — might have a shot at helping people regardless of their… […]
