Big advocacy, little recognition: the hidden work of Black patients in precision medicine.

As cost-effective next-generation genome sequencing rapidly develops, calls for greater inclusion of Black people in genomic research, policy, and practice are necessary for effective translation of genomic science into precision population health and medicine. Employing a community-based participatory mixed methods research design, we developed a semi-structured survey that was disseminated to three cancer advocacy organizations. Of the 81 survey respondents 49 (60%) self-identified as Black, and 26 (32%) indicated a prior breast cancer diagnosis.

Perspectives of People With Cancer or Hereditary Cancer Risk on the Use and Value of Online Peer Support.

Purpose: People with cancer routinely seek information and support in peer groups online. While peer communities constitute a major component of the health care landscape, they exist in isolation from clinical and research institutions. This study aimed to explore how and why cancer patients utilize online peer support groups and how they might be improved.

Big Advocacy, Little Recognition: The Hidden Work of Black Patients in Precision Medicine.

Public health genomics prioritizes effective and ethical translation of genomic science into population health precision medicine. With the rapid development of cost-effective, next-generation genome sequencing, calls are growing for greater inclusion of Black people in genomic research, policy, and practice. Genetic testing is often the first step in precision medicine.

Create a COVID-19 commission.

We need a definitive public reference for the history of events.

Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals.

Rapid Arctic warming has intensified northern wildfires and is thawing carbon-rich permafrost. Carbon emissions from permafrost thaw and Arctic wildfires, which are not fully accounted for in global emissions budgets, will greatly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that humans can emit to remain below 1.5 °C or 2 °C.

Environment and health in the twenty-first century.

There are major challenges facing the countries in the Pacific Basin. These include issues of hazardous waste management and the consequent adverse effects of hazardous wastes on human health, the potential disruption of our whole way of life as a consequence of global climate change, and the increasing problem on human health of air pollution and the effects of breathing polluted air. These issues and others were the focus of the 12th meeting of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health Sciences, held in Beijing in late 2007.

Fusion energy in context: its fitness for the long term.

Long-term limits to growth in energy will be imposed not by inability to expand supply, but by the rising environmental and social costs of doing so. These costs will therefore be central issues in choosing long-term options. Fusion, like solar energy, is not one possibility but many, some with very attractive environmental characteristics and others perhaps little better in these regards than fission.