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Seema Yasmin
@doctoryasmin.bsky.social
MD + Epidemiologist + Journalist + Author of 8 books| Former Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer| Teach: science journalism | Direct: Stanford Health Comm Initiative| Study: infodemics
Find out how the competition to create a polio vaccine forged Soviet-US collaboration at the height of the Cold War.

Thank you, Dora, for sharing your expertise!
It was great to talk to @doctoryasmin.bsky.social for this podcast on vaccinations, which is part of UNICEF's #humanlypossible program. Check it out (esp. episode 2 on polio) here: lnk.to/QDlBxr
December 1, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Reposted by Seema Yasmin
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Uplifting sessions at the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents at NCTE in Boston, but also sobering statistics about the supremacy of whiteness in kids publishing.
November 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by Seema Yasmin
Two bookstores owned by Black women have had to close this year because of harassment and threats that made the owners fear for their safety.
November 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
A spooky love story from DJINNOLOGY appears in Kajal Magazine. Read it here: www.kajalmag.com/djinnology-s...
November 18, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Because everything is legitimately doom and gloom, and because the future of science seems uncertain — at best, I’ve started a daily IG series called Science Joy. Each installment showcases a recent scientific advancement to give you (and me) a dopamine boost. A lil antidote to the mess out there 🔬🫀
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Things are scary so it’s a great time to read a scary book (like listening to sad songs when you’re heartbroken, no?)

Check out Djinnology, the first ever beastiary from the Muslim world.

It’s queer, it’s creepy, and the illustrations are out of this world!

www.chroniclebooks.com/products/dji...
Djinnology
An intriguing and spine-tingling guide to the world of djinn.Lurking in the corner of your living room, perhaps reading this sentence over your shoulder right now, is an often invisible creature that ...
www.chroniclebooks.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
This AP article details the kinds of pain this man has exacted on families who have fallen for his lies: apnews.com/article/rfk-...
November 14, 2024 at 11:46 PM