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Rebecca Skloot (she/her)

@RebeccaSkloot

Author NYT Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS, an Oprah film. New book forthcoming on #AnimalResearch #AnimalRights. Formerly Twitter Blue Checked.

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🚨I wrote about what this surge is doing to the healthcare system.
It's bad.
Though less severe, Omicron is spreading quickly enough to inundate hospitals, which can't handle the strain cos so many healthcare workers had quit or are now sick. 1/
theatlantic.com/health/archive…

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With infections surging due to the Omicron variant, physicians are now urging people to ditch cloth face masks and instead recommend pairing cloth masks with surgical models or moving on to stronger respirator masks on.wsj.com/3qNSzym

With infections surging due to the Omicron variant, physicians are now urging people to ditch cloth face masks and instead recommend pairing cloth masks with surgical models or moving on to stronger respirator masks on.wsj.com/3qNSzym
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Rebecca Skloot (she/her)(@RebeccaSkloot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So excited about this news: The Henrietta Lacks Foundation has launched a special campaign that could erase all existing student loan debit for members of Henrietta Lacks's family 1/x (please see whole 🧵) henrietta-lacks-foundation.snwbll.com/let-s-eliminat…

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The head of the World Health Organization has honored Henrietta Lacks more than a decade after author Rebecca Skloot chronicled the immortal life of the woman whose cancer cells, taken without consent, became the foundation for vast medical breakthroughs. apne.ws/FjFs46g

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Rebecca Skloot (she/her)(@RebeccaSkloot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Such an important historic moment...I'm overcome with emotions: joy & gratitude knowing members of Henrietta's family are in Geneva receiving this award, also deep sadness, wishing Deborah Lacks was there with them experiencing this moment she long dreamed of & fought so hard for

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