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Researchers improved existing polygenic risk scores using health records and ancestrally diverse genomic data. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research InstituteImproved genetic tests more accurately assess disease risk regardless of genetic ancestry.To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score. Since polygenic risk scores have…

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Subgroup comparison – Language and education. Credit: The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (2024). DOI: 10.1017/rep.2023.38 On the international level, there is broad consensus that it is essential to recognize and implement Indigenous rights as well as to correct inequalities and historical injustices. Yet many nation-states struggle with effective implementation. …

Almost 96 percent of Southern elephant seal pups across Argentina born in 2023 have met a tragic end as a highly contagious strain of avian influenza continues to wreak havoc on wildlife.The scale of mortality sparks concerns that the H5N1 strain is now capable of mammal-to-mammal infection."The sight of elephant seals found dead or dying along the breeding beaches can only be described as apocalyptic," says Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) health director Chris Walzer.The three beaches where the species breeds were…

About 8,200 years ago, an underwater landslide known as the Storegga slide near Norway triggered a tsunami that engulfed parts of northern Europe.Around the same time, there was a massive dip in Britain's population.Researchers at the University of York and the University of Leeds looked at whether the disaster contributed to the population decline, or if other factors were at play."The suggested population decline occurred immediately after the Storegga tsunami occurred," Patrick Sharrocks, the lead author on the paper…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As climate change fuels sea level rise, younger people will migrate inland, leaving aging coastal populations—and a host of consequences—in their wake, a study by Florida State University researchers finds. While destination cities will work to sustainably accommodate swelling populations, aging coastal communities…

A team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed “BridgePRS,” a new statistical technique to improve disease prediction for non-European individuals, especially those of African descent. This method addresses the limitations of current polygenic risk scores, which are less accurate for non-European ancestries, and marks a significant step towards personalized medicine and reducing healthcare inequities. Credit: SciTechDaily.comStatistical technique enhances genetic disease prediction in non-European…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Extreme heat waves, once considered rare, are now frequent and severe in cities due to climate change. Phoenix faced such a brutal heat wave in July of 2023 when it endured 31 consecutive days of high temperatures of at least 110° F. The severity of the heat wave triggered a state of emergency. In June of 2021, the town of Lytton, B.C., Canada, hit a blistering 121° F, leading to a fire that…

Based on new data analyzed by the San Francisco Chronicle, the U.S. census shows that Hispanic populations are shifting throughout California and have doubled between 2010 and 2020.The data look at how the Hispanic population is diversifying throughout the state and has gone through transformations affecting multiple aspects of the economy, including the workforce and voting.Based on the census data, Dominicans seem to be the Hispanic population with the biggest increase throughout the state within the last decade, with…

View of the Loange River from the village of Kangutu. Credit: Peter Coutros, Ghent University About 350 million people across Africa speak one or more of the 500 Bantu languages. New genetic analysis of modern and ancient individuals suggests that these populations probably originated in western Africa and then moved south and east in several waves. The study has been published in Nature.…