Andi Egbert

Researcher w/ health, demography, equity passions. Current: @BluecrossMN. Once: @APMResearch @MN_StateData @mncompass @ChildDefender. RTs≠endorse. My opinions.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

As the shortest kid in school, I was a target for bullies. At age eight, I befriended a kind teenager who looked out for me.

Years later, I learned that the Klan murdered him and two others for registering Black voters in Mississippi. Their bodies were found 60 years ago today.

[Andi Egbert @DataANDInfo]

@EaganHighSchool please provide an update on the lockdown situation.

[Valeria Ricciulli @ValeRicciulli]

The FDA will require breast density to be included in mammogram results. While having dense breasts is common and normal, it means cancers are harder to detect, so you might need further testing. Here's everything you need to know 👇🏽 https://t.co/QBCy5I3zpL #densebreasts

[Silicon Valley North @CCLSVN]

#WednesdayMorning "In Hawaii, when pesticide drift incidents sent middle school students to the hospital, schools and parents responded, galvanizing a growing movement." Yet, #Congress Could Roll Back Pesticide Protections in the #FarmBill @CivilEats https://t.co/qMLZmYC1WX

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

#OnThisDay in 1961, after several Black players on the Boston Celtics were refused service at a coffee shop in Lexington, Kentucky, where they were scheduled to play the St. Louis Hawks, the Celtics’ five Black players — Bill Russell, Sam Jones, Satch Sanders, K.C. Jones and Al Butler — sat the game out in protest. They were joined by the Hawks’ Black players. When Russell returned to Boston, he said that he would refuse to play anywhere else where this happened as well.

In 1963, he ignored death threats and opened an integrated basketball camp in Jackson, Mississippi, where NAACP leader Medgar Evers had been assassinated. Two months later, Russell took part in the March on Washington. Four years later, Russell joined fellow Black athletes Jim Brown and Kareem Abdul Jabbar in supporting Muhammad Ali’s refusal to fight in the Vietnam War. An all-white jury convicted Ali of draft evasion, but the Supreme Court reversed that conviction in 1971. “I’m not worried about Muhammad Ali,” Russell said. “He is better equipped than anyone I know to withstand the trials in store for him. What I’m worried about is the rest of us.”
https://t.co/HnFqosyWE2

[Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan @LtGovFlanagan]

Minnesota had 24 Indian boarding schools – 21 of which were directly supported by state or federal resources.

Today we remember the Native children – our babies – who never returned home to their loved ones from schools here in Minnesota and across the country.

[Andi Egbert @DataANDInfo]

@APMResearch @c_helmstetter

[rarelightmare @EquoAmicus]

This a phenomenal breakdown of cultures in the United States.

https://t.co/M0svpDSG7t

[rarelightmare @EquoAmicus]

This a phenomenal breakdown of cultures in the United States.

https://t.co/M0svpDSG7t

[SHADAC @SHADAC]

In state-by-state efforts to manage #Medicaid unwinding, @SHADAC Director @LynnBlewett says Minnesota is better positioned than many due to adequate funding set aside to aid with the process.

Check out more news from MN in a recent @StarTribune article:
https://t.co/waxhrQQx5b

[Craig Helmstetter @c_helmstetter]

Nice to see @WCCO's @RegChapman cite some work done by @APMResearch / @DataANDInfo for @Marketplace (https://t.co/gFPJoSoGMI):

https://t.co/h7gVxReWWg

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The US has the highest maternal mortality among high-income countries and the rate has increased over the past 20 years while it has decreased in most other countries. New data by state and by race/ethnicity for change from 1999-2019 @JAMA_current
https://t.co/YoRDgp6ds8

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

#OnThisDay in 1917, one of the nation's worst racial massacres ended in East St. Louis IL. After Black workers were given factory jobs, white workers began beating & killing them. Up to 100 killed & 6,000 driven from their homes. #history
https://t.co/o67REQHINK

[NCHS @NCHStats]

#STATOFTHEDAY Diabetes rates during pregnancy for women giving birth in the U.S. has increased 27% from 2016 to 2021 https://t.co/1UleazhUHv

[Philip N Cohen @familyunequal]

The US is down more than 200,000 childcare workers from 2019 (-17.5%). No increase in the last two years.
#nowyouknow #childcare #family #sociology #gender
https://t.co/6DtJIxcgs3

[Craig Helmstetter @c_helmstetter]

Here is a graph of newly-released statewide High School graduation rates.

To see rates for your school--and groups within your school-- see @ElizShockman's @MPRnews article: https://t.co/MQNpigplyy

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

8. This cool slide is a snapshot of types of immunity in the population. Thing to note: The portion of the population with hybrid immunity (blue) is rising and the percentage of the population with no immunity (green) is shrinking. #ACIP

[MinnPost @MinnPost]

Early in the morning on Nov. 1, 1907, an arsonist entered the church through a back window, poured kerosene on the floor, and set a fire. The blaze ruined the floor, charred the pews, blackened the walls and ceilings, and broke the windows. https://t.co/n4yEpbhPWH via @MNopedia

[The Associated Press @AP]

Minnesota announced a settlement in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria — the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial — just ahead of closing arguments. The terms were not immediately made public. https://t.co/bl3sabgpIg

[KSTP @KSTP]

Minnesota announced a settlement Monday in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria — the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial — just ahead of closing arguments. The terms will be kept confidential until... https://t.co/9407JZzpCP