Children's Health Defense
What is the value of DNA data?
According to genetic testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com, it’s worth much more than might be expected.
The global market size of the DNA sequencing industry was estimated to be over $10 billion in 2023, while leading consumer provider 23andMe took in nearly $300 million in revenue.
However, what most people don’t realize is that the real core business model of companies like 23andMe is not the sale of personal DNA testing kits — it’s the sale of their customers’ genetic data itself.
These companies keep and sell their users’ genomic profiles to pharmaceutical companies and other researchers, while the users themselves get none of that revenue, nor any say in whether they want their data sold in the first place.
Impact of Covid Lockdowns to Disrupt England’s Schools Into the 2030s, Report Says
Repairing the damage to children’s education caused by the pandemic lockdowns and closures will disrupt England’s schools until the mid-2030s, according to a new report.
The analysis, published by the Association for School and College Leaders (ASCL), forecasted that the after-effects of the pandemic will hit schools in a series of waves, with different age groups requiring varying solutions for their problems with learning, behavior and absence.
Tim Oates, the report’s author and an expert on assessment, said: “While secondary schools are reporting an increase in reading difficulties among year seven pupils, poor personal organization and challenging patterns of interaction, staff in primary schools are reporting very serious problems of arrested language development, lack of toilet training, anxiety in being in social spaces, and depressed executive function.”
Oates said it was a mistake to think schools have returned to pre-pandemic normality that ignores “the massive scale and enduring persistence of COVID-19 impact in education”.
Recovery “will be a long slog, not a walk in the park,” requiring “protracted, grinding effort” and cooperation between schools, parents and the government, he added.
The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets
The Wall Street Journal reported:
Parents worried about how much time students spend on iPads and laptops during school are trying to opt their kids out of classroom tech.
They’re finding it isn’t easy.
Cellphone bans are taking effect in big districts across the country, including Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The next logical question, at least for some, is: What about the other screens?
These concerned parents argue that the COVID-era shift that put Chromebooks and tablets in more students’ hands is fueling distraction more than learning…
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