Saloni Dattani
Founding Editor at Works in Progress
Writer and Researcher at Our World in Data
Writer, editor, chart maker. Researcher @OurWorldInData. Co-founder @WorksInProgMag. 🇭🇰🇮🇳🏳️🌈
Articles
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1 week ago |
zephyrnet.com | Saloni Dattani
Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years. The author Roald Dahl wrote a public letter describing his daughter's measles infection in 1962, the year before vaccination became available. Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it.
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1 week ago |
ourworldindata.org | Saloni Dattani
Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years. In 1962, the author Roald Dahl wrote a public letter describing his daughter’s measles infection, the year before vaccination became available. Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it.
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2 weeks ago |
zephyrnet.com | Saloni Dattani
Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured. In the past, when I'd hear the words childhood leukemia, I'd picture a young child who suddenly became seriously ill, and whose parents were told their child had only a few years to live.
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2 weeks ago |
scientificdiscovery.dev | Saloni Dattani
Today, I’m launching a podcast with Jacob Trefethen called Hard Drugs. Our first episode is called Lenacapavir: the miracle drug that could end AIDS. Sometime last year, when I talked to Sam Bowman, he suggested starting a science podcast through Works in Progress. The only way I could imagine doing a podcast was with a co-host, so we thought about it for a while and who to work with. The person who came to mind for me was Jacob Trefethen.
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2 weeks ago |
ourworldindata.org | Saloni Dattani
Until the 1960s, many children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured. In the past, when I’d hear the words childhood leukemia, I’d often picture a young child who suddenly becomes seriously ill, and whose parents are told their child has only a few years to live.
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