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Released: 27-Jul-2022 6:05 PM EDT
House Panel Advances Prior Authorization Relief Bill
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

The House Ways and Means Committee today voted unanimously to advance the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2022 (H.R. 8487), positioning the bill for passage in Congress possibly this fall.

Newswise: To Tax or Not to Tax, Is That Even a Question?
Released: 26-Jul-2022 8:05 PM EDT
To Tax or Not to Tax, Is That Even a Question?
Kyoto University

A solution is proposed for evaluating tax efficiency, a formula expressing the marginal cost of public funds as a ratio of a net loss in social surplus to a net increase in tax revenue. This formula is derived from only a few indices, common across specific market demand conditions and cost factors. The indices clearly tell us how the degree of tax-driven social burden relates to imperfect competition.

Newswise: Coronavirus Jumped to Humans at Least Twice at Market in Wuhan, China
Released: 26-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Coronavirus Jumped to Humans at Least Twice at Market in Wuhan, China
UC San Diego Health

In a pair of related studies, UC San Diego researchers show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was at a Chinese market and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans working or shopping there.

Released: 22-Jul-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Evidence that asylum seekers are facing human rights violations in Croatia is now incontestable, says new study
University of Nottingham

Every week, hundreds of asylum seekers are facing extreme forms of police brutality, as well as being forcibly expelled from the EU without having their asylum claims processed by Croatian authorities, new independent research has found.

Released: 22-Jul-2022 2:35 PM EDT
ASA Celebrates Passage of David Scott Amendment that Ensures Physician-led Anesthesia Care for Veterans
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) applauds Congressional passage of the amendment by U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-GA-13) that ensures the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to provide safe, high-quality anesthesia care for our nation’s Veterans.

Released: 22-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Herschel Walker's claim on how China's "bad air" would move over to America is grossly inaccurate
Newswise

In speaking about the Green New Deal, Herschel Walker, the former professional football player vying for a Senate seat in Georgia, incorrectly suggested that U.S. climate efforts were pointless because “China’s bad air” would simply move over into American “air space.”

Released: 21-Jul-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Research Examines the Impacts of Rent Regulation and Implications for Inequality
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

Luis Quintero, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, recently conducted a study examining the socioeconomic impacts of rent regulation with colleagues from the University of North Texas and George Washington University.

   
Released: 21-Jul-2022 11:30 AM EDT
In Dobbs’ Aftermath, New Report Examines Maternity and Infant Care Capacity of Community Health Centers
George Washington University

A new report released today by Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health examines the implications of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization for the nation’s community health centers.

Released: 20-Jul-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Racial discrimination affects brain microstructure
Elsevier

Anomalies could underlie higher risk for health conditions in Black Americans.

     
Newswise: WashU Expert: Increasing moderate voters’ participation in primaries can help combat hyperpartisanship
Released: 20-Jul-2022 12:25 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Increasing moderate voters’ participation in primaries can help combat hyperpartisanship
Washington University in St. Louis

On Aug. 2, voters in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington will vote in their states’ primary elections. Thirteen more states will hold primary elections through August and September.In many districts where the general election isn’t competitive, the outcomes of these primary elections likely will decide who wins in November.

Newswise: Holding Russian War Criminals Accountable
18-Jul-2022 6:05 PM EDT
Holding Russian War Criminals Accountable
Case Western Reserve University

Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and prosecute those responsible.

Released: 18-Jul-2022 3:10 PM EDT
Fed Stress Test’s Non-Transparency: Why it Hampers Banks
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith risk expert Clifford Rossi explains the extent to which banks are hampered by not getting to see the Federal Reserve’s stress test model and how this can affect the economy.

   
Released: 15-Jul-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Relief from high gas prices is not likely to come from more drilling, as many politicians are demanding
Newswise

U.S oil and gas production is just one of many elements that drive the global oil and gas market.

   
Released: 15-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Haitian Revolution shows that human rights do not protect against inequality
University of Gothenburg

Analysing the Haitian Revolution offers new perspectives on our times.

Released: 13-Jul-2022 12:50 PM EDT
Rutgers Report Finds Increase in Anti-Hindu Disinformation
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Members of the Network Contagion Lab at Rutgers University-New Brunswick (NC Lab), found evidence of a sharp rise and evolving patterns of hate speech directed toward the Hindu community across numerous social media platforms, according to a new report.

Newswise: Data Governance Mapping Project Finds Most Countries Struggle to Govern Data
Released: 13-Jul-2022 9:55 AM EDT
Data Governance Mapping Project Finds Most Countries Struggle to Govern Data
George Washington University

A new report from the George Washington University’s Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub finds that some 68 countries and the European Union struggle to govern various types of data in a comprehensive, democratic and accountable manner. The researchers argue that this failure has huge implications for governance of technologies — such as artificial intelligence and augmented/virtual reality — which comprise the next phase of the internet.

Newswise: Synchronization of Firearm Background Check Data Reveals Acquisition Patterns
7-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Synchronization of Firearm Background Check Data Reveals Acquisition Patterns
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In Chaos, researchers explore the factors driving background checks, and whether coordination between U.S. states may exist and if one state exerts influence over others in terms of enacting gun laws or acquiring firearms. They researchers constructed a rigorous mathematical approach to interpret the patterning of firearm background check data and found these patterns of frequency oscillations are different at various time points. This suggests states may have interacted differently with each other during the terms of Bush, Obama, and Trump.

   
Released: 12-Jul-2022 2:35 AM EDT
How race, gun ownership, and Black Lives Matter shape Americans’ views of the January 6 Capitol attack
Harvard University

A new survey shows Americans’ view of the January 6 Capitol attack can be predicted by their opinions on social movements, such as Black Lives Matter, but not as much by someone’s race or whether they own a gun except when the two are looked at together.

5-Jul-2022 3:05 PM EDT
ACP Position Paper Offers Suggestions for Supporting and Improving Long Term Care Services in the United States
American College of Physicians (ACP)

The nation’s system of long-term services and supports face many challenges and need improvement to adequately care for an increasing number of older adults, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper. ACP provides recommendations about how to reform and improve the long-term services and support (LTSS) sector so that care is high quality, accessible, equitable, and affordable. The position paper is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Released: 11-Jul-2022 3:30 PM EDT
The 4 bases of anti-science beliefs – and what to do about them
Ohio State University

The same four factors that explain how people change their beliefs on a variety of issues can account for the recent rise in anti-science attitudes, a new review suggests.

Released: 11-Jul-2022 12:35 PM EDT
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did little to affect executive pay, counter to what Congress intended
Indiana University

Through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress attempted to curb CEO pay by repealing a long-standing exemption that allowed companies to deduct large amounts of qualified performance-based pay. New research finds the change has had little effect, with CEO pay either staying the same or growing after the law made it more costly to award executives with high levels of compensation.

Released: 11-Jul-2022 10:30 AM EDT
What’s changed in Cuba in the year since the protests?
University of Miami

University of Miami experts versed about the Caribbean nation address what has transpired since the July 11, 2021, anti-government protests.

Released: 11-Jul-2022 8:40 AM EDT
Abe assassination is a rare act of gun violence in Japan
Newswise

The assassination of Shinzo Abe in Japan, where guns are strictly regulated, is not proof that gun laws have failed to prevent gun violence.

Newswise: Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal social media users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
Released: 8-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal social media users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the aisles of elderly, predominantly African American weekend shoppers with an AR-15 style rifle. Only five months into the year, these attacks tallied as the 198th and 214th U.

Released: 7-Jul-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Both Gun Owners and Non-Gun Owners Trust Kids’ Doctors in Gun Safety Talks
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

New research shows that parents are open to talking about gun safety measures with their children’s pediatricians and willing to change firearm storage practices

   
Newswise: Electric Vehicle Buyers Want Rebates, Not Tax Credits
Released: 7-Jul-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Electric Vehicle Buyers Want Rebates, Not Tax Credits
George Washington University

Financial incentives play an important role in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. New research from the George Washington University, however, finds that not all financial incentives are created equal in the eyes of prospective car buyers, and the current federal incentive — a tax credit — is, in fact, valued the least by car buyers.



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