Tech Companies Are Signing This Letter In Defense Of DACA
"Dreamers are vital to the future of our companies and our economy. With them, we grow and create jobs."
This Futuristic Doctor’s Office Is Rolling Across The United States
A mobile trailer designed by the startup Forward shows off the future of health care — as envisioned by Google and Uber veterans. It has raised $100 million, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Thousands Of People Protested Hate In Berkeley After A Right-Wing Rally Was Canceled
The protest happened one day after a similar rally was canceled in San Francisco.
Windowed Envelopes Accidentally Revealed That Patients Had HIV
About 12,000 Aetna members received letters about filling their HIV medications — information that was visible through at least some of the envelopes’ windows. “Young adults who have had their parents learn their HIV status this way, it’s been absolutely devastating to them,” the Legal Action Center told BuzzFeed News.
Google Made A Test For Depression
Googling "depression" will now take you closer to a test to help you figure out whether you need help.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Just Got Slammed For Deceptive Advertising
The group Truth in Advertising is asking California regulators to investigate Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness empire for allegedly making health claims without sufficient evidence.
White Supremacists Use DNA Tests To Prove Their Racial Purity Online. But Companies Won't Necessarily Kick Them Off.
The internet is rife with white supremacists sharing their genetic ancestry testing results to prove their racial purity. But 23andMe and other DNA-testing companies will only police racist activity that happens within their walls.
12 Things That Were Happening The Last Time There Was A Total Solar Eclipse In The US
1918 was the last time the US underwent a coast-to-coast solar eclipse. It also marked the end of World War I and the first Tarzan movie.
A Mysterious Anonymous Letter Was Allegedly Behind Target’s Decision To Stop Selling Hampton Creek
A source close to the eggless mayonnaise startup said that a mysterious letter — falsely attributed to Hampton Creek’s CEO — alleged that its products were unsafe and mislabeled.
This Bogus Cancer Cure From The 1970s Is Finding New Life Online
Apricot seeds can cure cancer — or so thousands of cancer patients believed in the 1970s, despite lotss of evidence to the contrary. Now, in an era when natural remedies are no longer fringe and wellness is a multitrillion-dollar industry, this widely debunked theory has taken on a new life as a hydra-headed e-commerce ecosystem that regulators are virtually powerless to stop.
Egg-Freezing And IVF Are Tech’s Hottest Perk
Talking about IVF and egg-freezing used to be taboo. But at a growing number of tech companies — not just Apple and Facebook — women and other employees are starting to push for fertility coverage.
This Doctor Says Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Promotes Bullshit. Goop Just Clapped Back.
Goop, Paltrow’s wellness empire, has fired back against one of its loudest critics and defended its vaginal jade eggs. “I’m absolutely flabbergasted that they chose me as the center of their ire,” Jen Gunter told BuzzFeed News.
Here’s How Much Money B-List Celebs Made Sponsoring This Bogus Food Intolerance Test On Instagram
How do you persuade B-list celebrities to plug your scientifically bogus food intolerance test on Instagram? Former employees at Pinnertest say it involves buying social media followers and paying stars thousands of dollars.
The Future Of Health Care Could Be Humans, Robots — Or Both
Omada Health recently laid off some human staff to focus on AI-augmented health coaching. Whether the gambit works will reveal a lot about the future of digital health.
There’s A New Way To Pay For IVF, But No Guarantee It’ll Pay Off
Future Family will guide you through egg-freezing and IVF, and even pay for the procedures upfront. It’s one of several companies capitalizing on the high cost of — and demand for — fertility treatment. But the financial agreements involved aren’t risk-free.
Andreessen Horowitz Is Digging Deeper Into Biotech
The Silicon Valley venture capital firm is bringing on biotech executive Jorge Conde to invest $200 million in software and biology startups.
This Startup Gets People High — In The Name Of Science
Startups like Hound Labs are inventing breathalyzers to answer a complicated question: How high are you, exactly?
This Startup Wants To Track Your Smartphone — To Improve Your Mental Health
Mindstrong Health wants to mine your smartphone to understand your state of mind. It’s been joined by star neuroscientist Thomas Insel, who left Verily, a much bigger and better-funded rival.
Celebrities On Instagram Love This Food Test, But Scientists Say It’s Bogus
Lindsay Lohan, Mario Lopez, and other stars endorse a $490 blood test that claims to reveal your food intolerances. Experts say they know of no science to support such a test.
This Former FDA Chief Is Heading To Silicon Valley To Join Alphabet's Life Sciences Division
Cardiologist and former FDA commissioner Robert Califf is joining both Verily and Duke University to work on projects using data science to improve health care.