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New research methods are revealing more evidence of the health dangers associated with America's lead service lines.
Rod McCullom
Chicago
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Rod McCullom’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridNorway Is All In on Electric Cars. What Can the U.S. Learn?
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Norway's crusade to eliminate gasoline powered cars was years in the making. Can that achievement be replicated?
To Curb Online Sexual Abuse of Children, Experts Look to AI
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Researchers in Norway and the U.S. are training artificial intelligence to address cybergrooming. Will it work?
Are Schools With Armed Police Actually Safer?
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New research casts doubt on the benefits of deploying officers in public schools to deter criminal activity.
Are Schools With Armed Police Actually Safer?
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New research casts doubt on the benefits of deploying officers in public schools to deter criminal activity.
The Upside-Down World of Crime Statistics
UNDARK
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Major crimes are falling by most official measures, so why does the public feel the opposite is true?
In Some Cities, Second Thoughts About Gunshot Detection Sensors
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Recent studies on technology that alerts police to gunfire have found it has little impact on shootings or prosecutions.
When Police Shootings Don't Kill: The Data That Gets Left Behind
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In recent years, more researchers have dug into the extent of fatal police shootings. But what about the survivors?
The Lasting Impact of Exposure to Gun Violence
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In kids and adolescents, exposure to gun violence is vastly understudied. But new research uncovers the ripple effects.
Do Video Doorbells Really Help to Deter Crime?
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More people are using Ring and other doorbell cameras and sharing footage with the police. There's little data showing their effectiveness.
Robot Police Dogs Are on Patrol, But Who's Holding the Leash?
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Numerous cities have acquired dog-like robots for policing. Researchers say the lack of transparency is worrying.
Studies Show a Need for Procedural Justice in 'Hot Spot' Policing
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Research supports a style of high-crime policing emphasizing transparency and fairness. Will police follow the evidence?
Why Some Mass Shootings - And Their Victims - Go Uncounted
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E arly in the evening of Feb. 23, seven people were shot outside a grade school in northwest Philadelphia. Three men arrived on the scene in a gray Hyundai, and according to several reports, emerged from the vehicle and opened fire, striking five teenage boys, a 31-year-old woman, and her 2-year-old daughter.
What science tells us about structural racism's health impact
Harvard Public Health
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Racism's impact on health outcomes is a relatively recent focus of public health research. Using the word "racism" itself is still challenging for some public health scholars, despite recent data clearly showing poorer health outcomes for Black people in the United States as a group compared to white people.
Meet the woman making sure ARPA-H supercharges U.S. health innovation
Harvard Public Health
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) was proposed by President Biden and adopted by Congress in March 2022. The Biden Administration hopes ARPA-H and its billion-dollar budget can do for biomedical innovation what the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has done for GPS, speech recognition, messenger RNA, and the internet-push high-risk, high-reward projects that catalyze change.
Has the BLM Movement Influenced Police Use of Lethal Force?
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T he 2020 murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin triggered massive protests across the nation and around the world, increasing calls for police reform, transparency, and prosecutions. The protests - and the ongoing national conversation around race, inequality, violence, and policing - were largely created or inspired by Black Lives Matter.
How wearable AI could help you recover from covid
MIT Technology Review
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A Chicago-based pilot program is testing a body sensor that monitors covid patients remotely.
How Often Do Police Use Tasers on Teens? Experts Want More Data.
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No one knows how many youths are struck by tasers. Experts say there is a severe lack of data and scientific research.
Artificial Intelligence, Health Disparities, and Covid-19
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Artificial Intelligence, Health Disparities, and Covid-19
Artificial intelligence has transformed health care, using large datasets to improve diagnostics and treatment. But some AI-powered medical tools replicate racial bias — raising questions about whether these new technologies contributed to Covid-19’s disproportionate toll on Black Americans.
Artificial Intelligence, Health Disparities, and Covid-19
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T he power of artificial intelligence has transformed health care by using massive datasets to improve diagnostics, treatment, records management, and patient outcomes. Complex decisions that once took hours - such as making a breast or lung cancer diagnosis based on imaging studies, or deciding when patients should be discharged - are now resolved within seconds by machine learning and deep learning applications.
How Bullying May Shape Adolescent Brains
Time Magazine
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While studies have long focused on bullying's impact on the body and nervous system, research suggests it may affect brain structure, too.
How Bullying May Shape Adolescent Brains
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I n recent years, a steadily increasing volume of data has demonstrated that peer victimization - the clinical term for bullying - impacts hundreds of millions of children and adolescents, with the effects sometimes lasting years and, possibly, decades. The problem is even recognized as a global health challenge by the World Health Organization and the United Nations.
AI Tool Could Help Diagnose Alzheimer's
Scientific American
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A new algorithm accurately identified more than 90 percent of people who would advance to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in about six years
Training AI to Predict Alzheimer's Disease
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While more data is needed, researchers hope that these kinds of algorithms will eventually make their way to the clinic, providing speedier diagnoses — and better care — for the millions of people who live with this progressive and irreversible degenerative diseas