One of my favorite things about being a journalist is idly wondering something and then calling up a few of the top people in that field to ask them about it.

Endlessly inspiring

"Maternity deserts" are often found in rural areas, but they're starting to pop up in urban areas too. Here's how Los Angeles County has become he epicenter of urban maternity ward closings. trib.al/X3x62SB

A thread of 23 Survival Tips And Tricks You Might Not Have Known Before. 1. How to break a door

*ICYMI*: This study showing that large language models (AI) output racist stereotypes about speakers of AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) that connect with overtly negative stereotypes about Black people, even when trained not to do so. science.org/content/articl…

Don’t want to beat the gender drum but if a nation of men were stripped of their basic human rights I’m pretty sure there’d be a louder chorus of disapproval. We can’t abandon Afghan women. No talking in the street: how the Taliban silenced women like me thetimes.com/article/85c5b3…

I wonder if the people who proudly label products as "designed in [insert US city] made in [insert lower income country]" realize how colonial that sounds?

I don’t think people are really understanding this cover.

There's both beauty and anguish in this Matthew Herper profile of Kathy Giusti, a pharma executive who became a patient advocate — and helped revolutionize treatment of multiple myeloma. statnews.com/2024/09/03/mul…

Here's the first story in a terrific STAT investigation on race-based algorithms in health care. statnews.com/2024/09/03/emb… This story is in front of the paywall. But pls remember that subscriptions help support *all* STAT's journalism. Give it a try. statnews.com/stat-plus/

So, Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá & I wrote this piece about the human right to fruits of science Some of the responses we got: "woke rubbish" "communism" "science has nothing to do with equity" "radical" "equity will undermine excellence & innovation" science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Want to know when to time your vaccines against Covid, flu, or RSV for your best shot at protection? No easy answers here from Helen Branswell 🇨🇦, but some very useful guidance and factors to consider. statnews.com/2024/09/04/cov…

Incredible new series from my colleagues Usha Lee McFarling and Katie Palmer - How race became ubiquitous in medical decision-making tools statnews.com/2024/09/04/emb… via STAT

EXCLUSIVE: FDA inspectors have not returned to nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants worldwide since before COVID, according to an exclusive AP analysis documenting the ongoing disruptions of the pandemic: apnews.com/article/fda-in…

Quindi scopriamo, incredibilmente, dalla BBC che a Monfalcone la sindaca leghista Anna Maria Cisint, ora europarlamentare, ha bandito il cricket. È legale in Italia vietare uno sport? Non viviamo forse in uno Stato di diritto, dove l’attività sportiva è tutelata? #matrice

Ero sul treno Avezzano Roma, 23 dicembre 1991, incontrai il nazista del mio liceo. Era andato nei boschi a festeggiare il solstizio di inverno mangiando fegato crudo. Ci guardammo male, come giusto che fosse. Lui mo è ministro: complimenti Ministero della Cultura!

It's official: The whip smart Elaine Chen survived the gauntlet and is the new co-host of ReadoutLOUD! She joins Adam Feuerstein ✡️ Allison DeAngelis and builds on the legacy of Rebecca Robbins Meg Tirrell Damian Garde statnews.com/2024/09/05/rea… via STAT

Excited that Anil Oza has joined STAT as our Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow, and weighed in with this excellent story.

Btw, I’ve seen some English language media describe the former Italian culture minister’s lover as an influencer… trouble is she became one (with a following of over 112k on Instagram as of today) after the scandal broke, in August the public had no idea who she was. I ❤️ Italy

Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva Are Free. They’re the Exceptions niemanreports.org/articles/evan-… Excellent piece by Nieman Reports