During the pandemic, health care providers began prescribing abortion pills without requiring in-person exams. This practice could help people access the care they need when abortion rights are in limbo.
Mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous in Africa.
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Rising temperatures mean longer, earlier pollen seasons, but the bigger problem is what carbon dioxide will do to the amount of pollen being released. A 200% increase is possible this century.
This image shows Ebola virus particles (red) budding from the surface of kidney cell (blue).
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Although treatments for Ebola have helped many people overcome this deadly disease, the virus can persist in the brain and cause a lethal relapse.
While the gut microbiome has gotten much of the spotlight, the microbes in the lungs also play an important role in health.
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Social scientists determined that body mass index growth declined for children of low-income parents in states that had expanded their Medicaid programs.
Women still have a long way to go to reach parity in the boardroom.
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A study of 3,000 companies found a correlation between local ‘social capital’ – which measures such variables as voter turnout and census response rates – and more women on corporate boards.
Women tend to book business travel earlier than men.
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New research shows women paid an average of $18 less per flight than men in the same position at the same company, mainly because they consistently booked earlier.
Gender gaps in achievement for AP math exams may lead to fewer women in STEM careers.
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A scholar warns that women will continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers unless educators focus on helping girls do better in advanced math courses in high school.
Aroma plays a big role in flavor perception.
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The practice of excluding LGBT+ people from religious spaces has a long, winding history. New research sheds light on the experiences of two dozen people here in Australia.
Black and Latino students are suspended at higher rates than their white peers.
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Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon all experienced big increases in both deposits and lending shortly after legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Brad Pitt walks past one of the first homes built in New Orleans by his Make It Right Foundation in this 2008 photo.
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Judith Keller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
So much went wrong with the homes built by the Make It Right Foundation that its low-income homebuyers were deprived of the financial security they were promised.
Reactivating the signals cells use to regenerate could help patients regrow lost limbs and damaged tissue.
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Unlike humans, many animals are able to regenerate their limbs after losing them. Giving the body the right conditions for regrowth might allow people to recover lost limbs as well.
Young people say they don’t use protection during oral sex.
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The proportion of women in a discipline influences how rigorous and trustworthy people rate the field overall, as well as whether they categorize a STEM field as a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ science.
Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York