Politics‘Revenge of the nerds’: US midterms deliver a win for science – and a rebuke of Maha

Democratic doctors and scientists won races across the US ballot. The group 3.14 Action called the gains a “Stem swing” and “revenge of the nerds,” amid years of cuts and disruption to health and science infrastructure. Democrats heavily advertised on healthcare, while voters rejected the Make America Healthy Again movement, the report says.

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