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Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoMore than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells...
Henrietta Lacks' family settles with biotech company that used her cells. Here's why her story is so...
Yahoo Life· 1 year agoDuring a biopsy in 1950, Henrietta Lacks' tissue was removed and used in medical research without...
Henrietta Lacks' family settles lawsuit over use of HeLa cells to advance medical research
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe lawsuit demanded the family be paid for the company's use of Henrietta Lacks' cells, which were taken without consent in the 1950s and used in research.
Students and Teachers Say AP African American Studies Course Was a Success Despite the Controversy
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoDemonstrators protest Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' plan to eliminate Advanced Placement courses on...
'Father of Modern Gynecology' J. Marion Sims performed dangerous 'experiments' on enslaved Black...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoJ. Marion Sims, considered to be the Father of Modern Gynecology.Universal History Archive/Universal...
Did you know that the state of California keeps your baby’s blood sample forever? | Opinion
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoNewborn screenings are important for assuring the well-being and timely treatment of medical issues...
The Crown is ignoble – but past royals had it even worse
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt is a sobering thought that because of the popularity of Netflix’s soap-opera The Crown, now...
RFK Jr.’s Legacy of Inflicting Severe Damage on Black Communities
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyAside from being the scion of a famed...
Daily Briefing: The right to lie?
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoCentral to the latest legal case against former President Donald Trump is that he knew he had lost the 2020 election, yet he still spread knowingly false...
Diverse community group works together and devises plan to address fentanyl crisis | Opinion
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoPrevent fentanyl deaths There were 49 confirmed, drug-related deaths in Beaufort County in 2021, the...