After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court may decide whether insurers are required to fully cover preventive care.
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How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains Health – The Conversation
Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can infect each other with this strain of the virus.
Senate Forum Examined the Ramifications of NIH Funding Cuts American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
A congressional forum hosted by Senators Tammy Baldwin and Peter Welch examined how NIH funding cuts could impact cancer and other diseases.
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Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history Science + Tech – The Conversation
Scientists have conflicting theories on why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. New measurements from a massive collaboration complicate these ideas.
The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability Health – The Conversation
Public records requested under the Freedom of Information Act have helped shape health policy and keep the government accountable – but recent staff cuts may make this impossible.
Why deregulating online platforms is actually bad for free speech Science + Tech – The Conversation
At first glance it might seem contradictory that restricting some speech can preserve free speech, but research shows that online content moderation protects the marketplace of ideas.
Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning Science + Tech – The Conversation
Large language model AIs can ingest long documents and answer questions about them, but a key question is how well they ‘understand’ individual sentences in the documents.
How does your brain create new memories? Neuroscientists discover ‘rules’ for how neurons encode new information Science + Tech – The Conversation
As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right time.
All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful Science + Tech – The Conversation
If an engineer makes an improper assumption while designing something, sometimes the consequences are fatal. An engineering professor explains how to reduce risk.
As views on spanking shift worldwide, most US adults support it, and 19 states allow physical punishment in schools Health – The Conversation
Although millions of US parents approve, decades of research shows that spanking is harmful.