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Nearly half of all Americans ages 20 and up have high blood pressure. Yet research shows that most people in the US don’t know the cutoff numbers for healthy blood pressure.
To convict Alec Baldwin of manslaughter for the on-set deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecution will need to show that the actor was either reckless or criminally negligent.
Conservation that places less emphasis on who may or may not use a piece of land could result in better outcomes for people and wildlife.
Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will end land clearance in Brazil’s Amazon region. But powerful forces profit from rainforest destruction.
Grand juries are meeting in Georgia and Washington, D.C., as part of investigations into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. How do they work?
As Muslims congregate in their local mosques in communal prayer for Eid, the Women’s Mosque of America, located in Los Angeles, will provide an exclusive religious space for its female congregants.
Keeping biomedical data private is important, but so is sharing it for research. Game theory can help researchers accomplish both.
Our “Self-Reliance Index” helps organisations and governments assess how their programmes are doing in helping refugees to become self-reliant.
A series of studies shows people taking care of loved ones equate effort with love, making them feel guilty for using a product that reduces that effort.
Newer measures of poverty may do a better job of counting America’s poor, which is necessary to helping them.
Presidents form commissions to study controversial problems and recommend solutions. President Biden created one while under pressure to pack the Supreme Court. Will a commission help him politically?
Formerly incarcerated Americans face food insecurity rates double that of the general population. A 1996 law that prohibits drug felons from getting crucial benefits may be partially to blame.
A gender perspective on public health is essential to human rights and safety in crisis situations.
Adolescent girls can contribute to social change, economic growth, sustainable development and peaceful societies. They should be able to live their lives free from violence.
If history is a guide, expanding police powers to address current white nationalist threats could result in future repression of activists of color.
As the pandemic took hold in 2020, Australian dads picked up more of the domestic load, new research shows. But their sleep and anxiety suffered as a consequence.
The Mega Millions lotto pot for Jan. 15 is the second largest it’s ever been. Taxes on the lotto go to state governments, but often the money isn’t spent in quite the way it’s supposed to be.
Le vaccin contre la Covid-19 a été mis au point en un temps record. Seulement 332 jours se sont écoulés entre le séquençage du génome du virus et l’administration des premiers vaccins. Du jamais vu.
The coronavirus vaccine was developed faster than any vaccine in history. It took just 332 days from the first sequencing of the virus genome to the first vaccines given to the public.
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Professor, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Washington University in St Louis
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Chair and Associate Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Washington University in St Louis
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Research Assistant Professor, Washington University in St Louis
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Public Health and Social Work, Washington University in St Louis
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PhD candidate, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Social Welfare, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Urban Design and Architecture, Washington University in St Louis
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Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law, School of Law, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Washington University in St Louis
