Dr. Ngọc T. Phan

New: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next. propub.li/4aCXwlA

New: ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves. propub.li/4a4V4nR

Prince Jonah Kuhio Day is today. civilbeat.org/2023/01/the-un…

Articles on'The Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS) Oversamples' - a forthcoming Spotlight from @ps_polisci are now on #FirstView - cup.org/3XcOkgY

Trump’s Executive Order forced lay offs of 950+ staff of the Indian Health Service (IHS). Native people have higher risk for developing Diabetes and Heart Disease. Our life expectancy is the lowest of any U.S. group. IHS is already 50% underfunded. This is genocide.

MEASLES OUTBREAK—Texas is reporting an outbreak of measles. At this time, 48 cases have been identified with symptom onset within 3 weeks. 13 of the patients have been hospitalized. 📌All of the cases are unvaccinated or vaccination status is unknown. dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/me…

Our new report finds LGBT people are five times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent crime. Learn more at bit.ly/LGBTviolentcri…

"People considered me unsuccessful." Katalin Karikó met with biomedicine student Emanuelle Tavares to talk about life and science. Our medicine laureate explains that, despite being terminated from her position, she felt successful as she was always learning in her lab. Watch the full conversation: bit.ly/42XmEhG #WomeninScience

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

nativenewsonline.net/health/native-… New Mexico reports 43% drop in Native American suicide rates from 2022-2023. Tribal leaders point to culturally appropriate mental health care and traditional healing practices as key factors in the decrease.

JUST IN: Over 3.7 million commercial chickens and more than 86,000 commercial turkeys in Ohio confirmed positive for bird flu

The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health. How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health? Find out more in our latest Editorial: hubs.li/Q032YWZ40

@tiffanydbarnes @CUP_PoliSci @RBlaifeder I am going to assign this to my Gender and Politics class! thank y'all.

One last chance to download all six of the Cambridge Elements in Gender & Politics published over the past year for free. Don’t miss your chance to take advantage of these exciting manuscripts. All *free* until Jan 22. @CUP_PoliSci @RBlaifeder cambridge.org/core/publicati…

This has been needed for a long time! Redefining obesity A new report of @TheLancetEndo commission that overrides current BMI categories and better defines features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity thelancet.com/journals/landi… open-access (such as an athlete with no fat excess is not obese, but is according to current BMI based definition)

WATCH LIVE: Kīlauea resumes eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived apnews.com/article/octavi…

Cutting back on smartphone use improves mental health and life satisfaction A study of 619 participants compared 7 days without a smartphone to reducing use by 1 hour/day. Both groups experienced: 🛠️ Reduced problematic usage tendencies 🧠 Lower depressive & anxiety symptoms 📈 Greater life satisfaction 🏃‍♀️ Increased physical activity 📊 Decreased smartphone use intensity The reduction group demonstrated stronger and more lasting effects over 4 months compared to complete abstinence.

Featuring a one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! @IndigiData is an Indigenous data science education experience, held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central, June 2-6: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 #AI

Police killed more people this year than any other year on record, killing 3.4 people per day nationwide. mappingpoliceviolence.us

Alcohol kills more Americans every year than opioids or any other illegal drug. But promising treatments that could help people curb their drinking are barely being used. @WmBrangham reports.