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Free-market interests used fights over COVID protocols to further privatize K-12 education. Economist Emily Oster, whose research is funded by those groups, has laundered their ideologies and given them the imprimatur of science, write epidemiologists Abigail Cartus and Justin Feldman.

Locked-in ALS patient also asked to listen to Tool ‘loud’ and ordered a curry

Of those surveyed, 38% reported harassment, from online insults to death threats

Studies show female patients and people of color are more likely to have their symptoms dismissed by medical providers. Experts say: Keep asking questions.

Nearly 30 percent of the teens surveyed said a parent or other adult in their home lost work during the pandemic, and a quarter struggled with hunger. Two-thirds said they had difficulty with schoolwork.

A study of the psychology behind this common rhetorical tactic.

Buzzwords like machine learning and artificial intelligence continue to garner million-dollar investments and clickbait headlines.

Early tests have been promising, but issues involving bias, privacy and mistrust of “black box” algorithms are possible pitfalls.

Noom is a diet app in an anti-diet moment.

Why every episode of Abbott Elementary illustrates a systemic failure with the K-12 system and what education and policy leaders need to do…

The man asked a manager not to have a party because he had an anxiety disorder. What followed spiraled into a legal dispute over whether the man had a panic attack or a violent outburst.

Another 6–3 decision illustrates how the conservative majority can change the law by doing nothing.

In the spring of 2013, a 63-year-old social psychologist in Wurzburg, Germany, made a bold suggestion in a private email chain. For months, several doz ...

The formula, which helps estimate kidney health, has been discarded by many hospitals. But some judges still use it to decide whether to release those potentially endangered by Covid-19.

Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For one 13-year-old, the despair was almost too much to take.

Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks

Published research is less about conclusions than science at play.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.

Using a technique called optogenetics, researchers added light-sensitive proteins to the man’s retina, giving him a blurry view of objects.

Death by suicide is the number one cause of death for young adult Asian Americans. Kelvin Murray/Getty ImagesRacially motivated violence looks like the mass shootings that killed Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Chung Park, Hyun Grant and Suncha Kim in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. Racially motivated violence also looks like suicide, which is defined as a deliberate act of self-directed violence in order to cause injury to oneself that results in death. According to data from the Centers for Disease Contr

Do you recognize songs from history more than people your age?

Are 25 year olds really more random than 60 year olds?

As homicide rates increase in some cities, doctors reveal the vast but largely hidden economic and psychological cost of gun violence.

In 1972, Dr. John Fryer risked his career to tell his colleagues that gay people were not mentally ill. His act sent ripples through the legal, medical and justice systems.

As the world pretends the pandemic is over, at least a half-million children in the U.S. are struggling with the mysterious disease.

The Biden administration is sheepishly waving a checkered flag on the pandemic. The world is still barely vaccinated, and even in wealthy countries like the United States, resources are inequitably distributed. It absolutely ain’t over. And this is no time to drop the ball.

From origin stories to blood-purity statutes, we have long enlisted genealogy to serve our own purposes.

When our culture makes fun of mothers’ forgetfulness, it is abdicating responsibility for the overwork women are experiencing and its effects on their health.