The Affordable Care Act remains on life support after a panel of federal judges ruled on Dec. 18, 2019 that the law's individual mandate requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional.
Dec 23, 2019
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Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's can be devastating to patients and their families. These diseases are difficult to diagnose before symptoms show, meaning it's often already too late to reverse ...
Dec 17, 2019
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Before the news broke internationally that Chinese scientist He Jiankui had allegedly genetically engineered twin girls, only a few people around the world had known about it. One of those was Penn cardiologist Kiran Musunuru.
Dec 12, 2019
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Japanese scientists will begin the country's first human trial for a new vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus this month, they said Friday.
Dec 6, 2019
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Women scientists were 21% less likely to author invited commentaries in medical journals during a five-year period than men with similar scientific expertise, seniority, and publication metrics, according to a new study led ...
Oct 23, 2019
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For the past decade, social scientists have been unpacking a "replication crisis" that has revealed how findings of an alarming number of scientific studies are difficult or impossible to repeat. Efforts are underway to improve ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Earlier this summer, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights released a report on Canada's approach to criminalizing those who don't disclose that they're living with HIV to sexual partners.
Sep 6, 2019
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Society has become increasingly preoccupied with risk. So it's unsurprising that as social scientists, we are constantly being asked to predict where harm is most likely to strike. In terms of crime and disorder—our specialty—we ...
Aug 29, 2019
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You might feel sad after looking closer at studies about happiness. That's because an emotion that's easy to experience is immensely difficult to measure, says Purdue University economist Timothy Bond.
Aug 16, 2019
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Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they've been grappling with when and how to do it ethically. Is it reasonable to edit human genes with CRISPR? What about ...
Aug 15, 2019
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