Facebook’s global head of safety faced questions from senator’s about concerns that the photo-sharing app has caused mental and emotional harm. Brooke Erin Duffy, says Big Tech’s self-regulation mechanisms continue to fail users.

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Pfizer announced vaccinated children, aged 5 to 11, showed evidence of protection against the coronavirus.

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Americans should be able to pick up free, non-surgical N95 face masks at distribution sites nationwide starting Monday, January 24th.

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Isabel Perera, assistant professor of government and expert in health, labor and social policy, says concerns of rationing healthcare related to the pandemic are relevant, but pre-existing inequalities in healthcare have existed long before the COVID-19 virus.

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Ariel Avgar is an associate professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and associate director with the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.

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Facebook is pausing plans to build an “Instagram for kids” and instead focus on teen safety and parental supervision features for its younger users. Several Cornell University experts weigh in on the decision.

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Juan Hinestroza the new CDC mask guidance reflects issues many people have with “one size fits all” masks.

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Cornell University experts are available to discuss the impact of the FDA's impending ruling on JUUL.

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Adam Seth Litwin, an expert on issues involving technological change, work and workers in the healthcare sector, says because frontline caregivers are in such high demand, the healthcare sector may need to rely on prevention instead of treatment.

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Concern is growing given the sluggish rollout of the coronavirus vaccination distribution in New York. Cynthia Leifer, associate professor of immunology at Cornell University, says vaccines need to be given quickly as possible and rather than disqualifying sites from getting future distributions, expanding the number of distribution locations and incentivizing rapid use is a better solution.

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