Enlarge this image Activists protest the prices of prescription drug outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in…
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Enlarge this image Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, questions Dr. Monica…
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Statisticians’ Call To Arms: Reject Significance And Embrace Uncertainty!
by Richard Harris March 20, 2019Enlarge this image Statisticians say it may not be wise to put all your eggs in the significance basket. intraprese/Getty Images hide…
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Enlarge this image There was an uproar in 2018 when a scientist in China, He Jiankui, announced that he had successfully used…
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Scientists Call For Global Moratorium On Creating Gene-Edited Babies
by Rob Stein March 13, 2019Enlarge this image There was an uproar in 2018 when a scientist in China, He Jiankui, announced that he had successfully used…
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Researchers Show Parachutes Don’t Work, But There’s A Catch
by Richard Harris December 22, 2018Enlarge this image A study found that parachutes were no more effective than empty backpacks at protecting jumpers from aircraft. There was…
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Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women
by Alison Kodjak December 10, 2018Enlarge this image Maria Fabrizio for NPR Maria Fabrizio for NPR Jenna Neikirk was nearing the end of her first pregnancy when…
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China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists And Students
by Joe Palca November 27, 2018Enlarge this image Tianjin, in northern China, is home to Tianjin University, an international research center that recently hired an American to…