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Released: 13-Nov-2019 3:20 PM EST
Nearly half of accused harassers can return to work
Michigan State University

New research from Michigan State University revealed that almost half of accused harassers can go back to work when disputes are settled by arbitrators – or, third-parties who resolve disputes.

   
Released: 13-Nov-2019 1:55 PM EST
U.S. and UK Celebrate 15 Years of Partnership
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T marked the 15-year anniversary of cooperation with the United Kingdom for collaborative research and development efforts aimed at both nations’ mutual homeland security challenges.

Released: 13-Nov-2019 10:55 AM EST
UNC Charlotte Partners with The Washington Center for RNC Student Learning Experience
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Through a partnership with The Washington Center, UNC Charlotte will host hundreds of students from across the country for an extraordinary two-week educational program during next summer's Republican National Convention.

Released: 13-Nov-2019 9:30 AM EST
Congressional leaders support radiation oncology community concerns about proposed Medicare alternative payment model
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle issued a series of oversight letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in recent months to urge the Agency to adjust its proposed radiation oncology advanced alternative payment model (RO Model). CMS is expected to issue its final determination before the end of 2019.

Released: 13-Nov-2019 12:50 AM EST
Why It Matters: China Doesn't Want Your Trash
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

For years, China processed more than half of the world’s plastic recycling. Then, in 2018, it stopped. Things have gotten messy since then.

   
Released: 12-Nov-2019 6:05 PM EST
Legislation inspired by University of Utah law professor’s research aims to protect consumers from predatory lenders
University of Utah

Research by Christopher L. Peterson, a professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, is at the foundation of the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act, which aims to cap interest rates on consumer loans to all Americans, especially veterans and Gold Star families.

Released: 12-Nov-2019 4:45 PM EST
The Chinese Economy: Regulation vs. Shadow Banking
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Shadow banking is on the rise in China. This begs some important questions. Among them: Why? How is the shadow banking scene different in China vs. the U.S.? Do government regulations do what they intend to? Given the nature of shadow banking and the importance of the Chinese economy to the global economy, the situation bears examination.

Released: 12-Nov-2019 8:00 AM EST
Respiratory Groups Call for An End to Preventable Pneumonia Deaths
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

In support of World Pneumonia Day, Nov. 12, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American Thoracic Society is a member, calls for an end to preventable pneumonia deaths, ensuring equitable access to interventions for prevention and control of pneumonia.

Released: 11-Nov-2019 1:20 PM EST
Press conference and rally to fight mass diabetes amputations
Health People

On World Diabetes Day, November 14, as the New York City Council prepares to pass new diabetes-related legislation, South Bronx-based Health People: Community Preventative Health Institute will host a “Pray-In” at the New York State Department of Health’s New York City offices to mourn the untold number of needless diabetes-related amputations in the city and state. The Pray-In will also highlight the need for better data tracking of diabetes-related amputations and other complications.

Released: 11-Nov-2019 10:50 AM EST
Aided by Cornell legal clinic, Ghana native rebuilding life in US
Cornell University

Cornell Law School's Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic worked to win asylum for a Ghanaian man who traveled to the United States after surviving a mob attack in Accra in 2015.

Released: 8-Nov-2019 2:00 PM EST
The President's Inbox: Should the United States Do Less Overseas?
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

In the first episode of our special Election 2020 series of The President’s Inbox, Karen Donfried and Christopher A. Preble join host James M. Lindsay to discuss whether the United States should scale back its role in the world.

6-Nov-2019 12:05 PM EST
U.S. economy continues to expand, but at a slower pace, reaching about 2 percent growth in 2020
Indiana University

The U.S. economy will continue to expand for a 12th consecutive year in 2020, but by only about 2 percent and struggling to remain at that level by year's end. Indiana's economic output will be more anemic, growing at a rate of about 1.25 percent, according to a forecast released today by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

   
5-Nov-2019 9:00 AM EST
Queen’s research finds that global activism has helped combat worker exploitation on South African vineyards
Queen's University Belfast

A new research study from Queen’s University Belfast has examined the changing inspection of labour standards on South African vineyards, arguing that activist pressure on wine global supply chains has added pressure on both private and public regulators to tackle labour exploitation.

   
Released: 5-Nov-2019 5:05 PM EST
Mexico’s Drug War
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Violence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on drug cartels.

Released: 5-Nov-2019 4:05 PM EST
Douglass to Host The Mothers of the Movement
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University–New Brunswick will host a social justice teach-in by The Mothers of the Movement at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14. in Voorhees Chapel.

Released: 5-Nov-2019 1:05 PM EST
Teen vapers prefer mint flavored e-cigarettes, USC study shows
University of Southern California (USC)

A new USC study shows that mint was the most popular flavor of e-cigarettes used by U.S. teens in 2019, a finding that could impact proposed federal regulations intended to rein in soaring e-cig use among youth.

   
Released: 5-Nov-2019 9:00 AM EST
Paid Sick Leave and Flextime Benefits Result in Significantly More Retirement Savings
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers found that workers with flexible work time enjoyed a 24.8 percent increase in retirement savings compared to those without the benefit; workers with paid sick leave had retirement savings 29.6 percent higher than those workers who lacked paid sick leave benefits; and workers with six to 10 paid sick leave days and workers with more than 10 paid sick leave days annually had a statistically and significantly higher amount in their retirement savings (30.1 percent and 40.7 percent, respectively).

Released: 5-Nov-2019 12:05 AM EST
Health Care, Mass Shootings, 2020 Presidential Election Causing Americans Significant Stress, New Stress in America™ Survey Finds
American Psychological Association (APA)

A year before the 2020 presidential election, Americans report various issues in the news as significant sources of stress, including health care, mass shootings and the upcoming election, according to this year’s Stress in America™ survey by the American Psychological Association (APA). More than half of U.S. adults (56%) identify the 2020 presidential election as a significant stressor, an increase from the 52% of adults who reported the presidential election as a significant source of stress when asked in the months leading up to the 2016 contest.

Released: 4-Nov-2019 3:45 PM EST
Study: How crime fears, cultural anxiety, and gender shape gun ownership
University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB’s Tara Warner explores why some individuals are more likely to own guns than others.

Released: 4-Nov-2019 1:30 PM EST
What’s Behind the Chile Protests?
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

CFR In Brief by Amelia Cheatham. Political unrest is sweeping Chile, as impatience with inequality grows in what has been one of Latin America’s most prosperous and stable countries.

Released: 4-Nov-2019 12:35 PM EST
AAHCM Applauds Year 5 Results of Medicare Independence at Home (IAH) Demonstration
American Academy of Home Care Medicine

The Academy is pleased to share that the Independence at Home (IAH) Demonstration Year 5 practice expenditures were $33.5 million below Medicare spending targets. Over the 5 years of the demonstration, the IAHC practices have generated a total of about $100 million in savings and high-quality care for Medicare.

   
Released: 4-Nov-2019 8:05 AM EST
Beyond borders
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Geographers are linking the political and human rights issues at borders today to the legacies of foreign and domestic policy across the globe since World War I.

Released: 1-Nov-2019 4:00 PM EDT
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Bill Passes to Senate Floor
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

ARN applauds the Senate HELP Committee for advancing the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019.

Released: 1-Nov-2019 2:50 PM EDT
ASTRO supports nomination of Dr. Stephen Hahn to lead U.S. Food and Drug Administration
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today expressed strong support for the nomination of radiation oncologist Stephen Hahn, MD, FASTRO, as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Hahn served on the ASTRO Board of Directors from 2014 to 2018.

Released: 1-Nov-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Study analyzed tax treaties to assess effect of offshoring on domestic employment
Carnegie Mellon University

The practice of offshoring--moving some of a company's manufacturing or services overseas to take advantage of lower costs--is on the rise and is a source of ongoing debate.

   
Released: 31-Oct-2019 4:20 PM EDT
McCabe article analyzes EPA’s weakening of air pollution rules for industry
Indiana University

In a new article published by Harvard Law School, Janet McCabe, director of the Environmental Resilience Institute, details how the Trump Administration is weakening one of the long-established cornerstones of the Clean Air Act to appease industry at the expense of public health.

Released: 31-Oct-2019 3:25 PM EDT
Senate Committee Passes Bill Designed to Keep Americans Informed, Healthy
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today passed a major health-promotion bill supported by the American College of Sports Medicine. Senate Bill 1608 would require updating the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans every 10 years.

Released: 31-Oct-2019 12:35 PM EDT
Partisan Attacks on Class Actions Unfounded: Vanderbilt Law Scholar
Vanderbilt University

In a new book, Vanderbilt law professor Brian Fitzpatrick addresses partisan complaints about class actions with empirical evidence and proposes an approach to class action lawsuits that both sides of the aisle can agree on.

   
Released: 30-Oct-2019 4:55 PM EDT
Why It Matters: The Big Red Button
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

A U.S. president can launch a first-strike nuclear attack at any time and, according to the law, does not need to seek advice first. Some experts think that’s too much power to put in one person’s hands.

   
24-Oct-2019 11:25 AM EDT
Statements About Immigrants in Trump’s Presidential Campaign Linked to US Latino Populations Feeling Unsafe
PLOS

These immigration statements may also be linked to undocumented Latino immigrants’ reticence to access emergency healthcare

Released: 30-Oct-2019 1:10 PM EDT
UAH psychology researchers probe how juries evaluate informant testimony
University of Alabama Huntsville

Why does psychological research show a jury bias toward believing snitches? A UAH trio's insights have proven valuable to defense attorneys, and they've written a chapter in a new book on the subject.

Released: 30-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Research Debunks Myth of Super Bowl Sex Trafficking, Improves Media Narrative
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

For years news outlets have tied major sporting events to an increase in sex trafficking, but researchers have now revealed that assumption is a myth and that misleading news stories foster distorted views and misguided interventions that do not reduce harm or protect victims.

Released: 29-Oct-2019 3:50 PM EDT
New study advocates a positive approach to school safety
Washington University in St. Louis

Policy responses to school shootings have not prevented them from happening more frequently, but restorative justice has the potential to avert bad behavior and school shootings, finds a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.The study, “Disparate Impacts: Balancing the Need for Safe Schools With Racial Equity in Discipline,” published in the journal Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, finds that crisis prevention policies enacted following school shootings tend to exacerbate racial and ethnic discipline disparities in several different ways.

Released: 29-Oct-2019 2:45 PM EDT
Healthcare Groups Applaud New Legislation to Address Drug Shortages
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

The AHA, ASA, ASCO, ASHP, and ISMP announced their strong support for the Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages (MEDS) Act, introduced today by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN).

Released: 29-Oct-2019 2:30 PM EDT
Snapshot: Preparing for the Consequences of a Chemical Attack
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has developed a suite of models at S&T’s Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC).



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