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When states prohibit parents from opting their kids out of vaccines for religious, philosophical or other nonmedical reasons, communities stay better protected against infectious diseases.
New research on 224 corporate apologies suggests investors reward leaders who take personal responsibility – with one key exception.
Relying on flexible labor arrangements does not provide lasting financial benefits for nonprofits, making them more of a Band-Aid than a cure.
Federal funding cuts are destabilizing many food pantries, homeless shelters, mental health clinics and other nonprofits, threatening the services they provide.
This lens modeled on biological eyes could make it easier to give soft machines and bio-safe tools the ability to see.
The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.
People who highly value equality and purity are most likely to see excessive wealth as wrong, a new study suggests.
In hot housing markets, buyers who outbid rivals often overpay – and face higher risks of loss and foreclosure.
Seasonal allergies may seem like a minor, passing inconvenience. But pollen seasons can take a real toll on mental health.
Before universal vaccination for hepatitis B began in 1991, 18,000 children contracted the virus by age 10 each year, and most of them developed chronic illness and liver damage. Vaccination reduced those infections by 95%.
Two sociologists found that when the pace at which family sizes was shrinking slowed down, starting in the 1990s, progress toward closing the gender pay gap grew sluggish too.
Partisan bias doesn’t stop with voters. When Republicans hold the White House, Republican economists consistently overshoot on growth forecasts.
A new study found that, on average, infant deaths increased by more than 7% in states with laws that limited abortions.
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
Manufacturers often make bold claims about how well these technologies work. Better testing would allow consumers and institutions to pick the most effective ones.
Consumers perceive some misspellings positively, but only if the unconventional spelling is relevant and not too extreme, according to a new study.
Survey shows students rapidly picked up chatbots, but perhaps surprisingly, they more often used it to augment their learning, rather than hand work off.
College students need to learn how to talk about religion with people of different faiths, two scholars write.
Those signs about surprise insurance charges are intended to keep patients informed – but new research points to a negative side effect.
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