Beza Merid (@bezamerid) 's Twitter Profile
Beza Merid

@bezamerid

Assistant professor @ASU_SFIS. Director, Digital Health and Racial Justice Lab. Former fellow @umichmedicine Cardiology, @fordschool. PhD from @mccNYU

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linkhttp://www.bezamerid.com/ calendar_today30-01-2015 18:11:40

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The Cal State system, where I teach, just announced a murky but far-ranging & evidently unprecedented public-private initiative to, per the Chancellor, ā€œestablish the CSU as the nation’s first and largest AI-powered public university system[.]ā€ This is very concerning imo,

The Cal State system, where I teach, just announced a murky but far-ranging & evidently unprecedented public-private initiative to, per the Chancellor, ā€œestablish the CSU as the nation’s first and largest AI-powered public university system[.]ā€ This is very concerning imo,
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
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UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building

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NEW—Khalil’s wife, Noor: ā€œThis felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took himā€ Didn’t know where he was for 38 hours

NEW—Khalil’s wife, Noor:
ā€œThis felt like a kidnapping because it was: Officers in plainclothes — who refused to show us a warrant, speak with our attorney, or even tell us their names — forced my husband into an unmarked car and took himā€

Didn’t know where he was for 38 hours
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Exclusive: NIH officials have advised some scientists to remove references to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By Arthur Allen kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

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The current budget proposal includes slashing 🚨$880 billion🚨 from Medicaid—a devastating blow to maternal health. Medicaid covers nearly 42% of births in the U.S. Cutting it would leave millions of parents without essential care. We CANNOT let this happen. #HandsOffMedicaid

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NEW w/ Ruth: HHS is eliminating offices that work on minority health, HIV and STIs. HIV experts called it a "decimation" that will cost the government much more over time than any short-term savings. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

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Remarkable how moving uni classes online during COVID was seen as unacceptably watering down the learning experience, but replacing faculty with AI is now being cast as an enlightening inevitability

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NEW: Republicans consider unraveling a key part of Obamacare in Trump agenda bill House chairman overseeing health policy says they're looking at unwinding the federal promise to cover 90% of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion (ie FMAP). BFD, if it happens šŸ‘‡ nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

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Miss the conversation on bias in healthcare AI? šŸŽ„ Catch DoC-IT's A Jay Holmgren with Paige Nong and Ryan Levi as they unpack real-world risks—and what it takes to evaluate AI tools responsibly. See how the experts broke it down: codex.ucsf.edu/events/codexs-… Tradeoffs

no (@zedonarrival) 's Twitter Profile Photo

my doctor’s office uses the amazon palm reader to check patients in now and i asked if i could opt out and the front desk staff looked at me like i was a petulant child lol

my doctor’s office uses the amazon palm reader to check patients in now and i asked if i could opt out and the front desk staff looked at me like i was a petulant child lol
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BREAKING: U.S. regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies. apnews.com/article/vaccin…