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Some Wikipedia citations to retracted papers persist for years, study finds

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By Helen Santoro Verified
| Retraction Watch
Retracted scientific papers cited on Wikipedia tend to linger on the popular website for years, according to a study examining nearly 1,200 citations. The study’s authors, led by Ph.D. candidate Haohan Shi from the Media, Technology, and Society Program at Northwestern University, used the Retraction Watch Database to compile a list of retracted papers and cross-referenced that list with Wikipedia citations.
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IUD Insertions Are Notoriously Painful. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.

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By Helen Santoro Verified
| Slate Verified
Medical Examiner When Tove Danovich recalls the first time she got an IUD, one thing stands out: the sheer pain of the procedure. After the IUD was placed, she remembers horrific, debilitating cramps. Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication. The doctor gave her Ativan, an anti-anxiety drug, which Danovich found insulting.
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The Watchdog Designed To Keep ICE In Check Is Being Quietly Erased

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By Katya Schwenk Verified, Helen Santoro Verified
| The Lever Verified
In the early days of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, long before the brutal raids and mass detentions, advocates warned of what the agency might become. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as Congress debated the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, civil rights advocates argued that immigration enforcement would be distorted — and weaponized — by its merger with the national security state.
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