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How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – NYTimes.com. Source: How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – NYTimes.com
They led to changes in medical treatment and a scramble for answers; some patients weren’t told for months about unreliable results By Christopher Weaver Sheri Ackert worried she might have a new tumor. Steve Hammons stopped taking his blood-thinning medication. Kimberly Toy emptied the pasta and sweets from her cupboards and said: “I can’t believe this…
Wrecked machinery in the Chernobyl sarcophagus. (All Photos: Alexander Kupny) It is hard to imagine the circumstances why someone would want to climb into a small hole under the Chernobyl’s infamous—and dangerous—charred No. 4 reactor. But Alexander Kupny did just that, many times. The explosion that occurred on April 26, 1986, blew off the building’s four…
The 2016 Race How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages close story-meta-footer close story-meta Generated by chartmaker v0.12.1 on Wed Oct 12 2016 12:25:25 GMT-0400 (EDT) Our estimate of the U.S.C./LAT poll, using more typical weights Actual U.S.C./LAT estimates Our estimate of the U.S.C./LAT poll, using more typical weights Actual U.S.C./LAT estimates Our…
Getty Images By Rafael Bernal – 10/10/16 02:29 PM EDT In a year in which Republican presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald TrumpGiuliani: Clinton admitted to crimes at debate No end to poverty without reducing wealth inequality Trump again pushing unscientific polls to prove he won debate MORE is proposing a crackdown on immigration, all six of…
Image: Getty Hurricane Matthew ravaged Haiti on Tuesday, completely decimating the southeastern region of the country and killing 842 people, according to local authorities. Information has been slow to make its way to the rest of the world, because areas hit hardest by the hurricane were remote coastal villages, completely disconnected from the rest of…
Hurricane Matthew is one of the most powerful storms to barrel through the Caribbean in over a decade. The violent windstorm has already claimed the lives of more than 108 people in Haiti and at least 4 people in the Dominican Republic. The hurricane has displaced tens of thousands more across the Caribbean including the…
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch listens to an aide during a hearing before lying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 21, 2016 (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Mylan, the drug company that makes EpiPen, has been overcharging Medicare and Medicaid for years. But today the pharmaceutical company had to finally pay the…
A 25-year-old student has just come up with a way to fight drug-resistant superbugs without antibiotics. The new approach has so far only been tested in the lab and on mice, but it could offer a potential solution to antibiotic resistance, which is now getting so bad that the United Nations recently declared it a “fundamental…
The number of people killed in Haiti by the devastating effects of Hurricane Matthew had risen above 280, local officials said on Thursday, as rescue workers and aid agencies hoped to begin reaching remote areas of the country to assess the damage. The hurricane, which hit Haiti on Tuesday, brought 145mph winds and torrential rains…