BALTIMORE, MD, January 21, 2025 – New research published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that corporate chain ownership of fertility clinics not only increases access to treatment but also enhances patient outcomes. The study shows that chain-owned clinics perform 27.2% more IVF cycles, achieve a 13.6% improvement in success rates, and adopt standardized practices that reduce risky multiple births while prioritizing healthier single births.
The Los Angeles wildfires have spread across tens of thousands of acres of land, burning everything in their path. Homes have been destroyed and lives upended as families begin the process of rebuilding — not only their homes, but their lives.
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AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Although parts of the country won’t directly get hit by the storm, they will still feel the effects, more specifically when they go to the grocery store or go to purchase supplies for home improvement projects.
When munching on a chocolate bar, sipping a cup of coffee, or putting on your cotton shirt, have you ever wondered if your favorite products may involve forced labor? Even when you are eating fruits and vegetables grown in America, would forced labor come to mind? If not, it should. In fact, we should pressure firms to take proactive steps to stamp out forced labor.
The conflict that will define the next era pits liberal democracies against authoritarian / autocratic forms of government, and the battlefield will be shared between the literal battlefield as well as the development and deployment of advanced technologies, to include but not limited to Artificial Intelligence (AI). This was reflected in many of today’s comments around how the free countries of the world will employ AI in this conflict as opposed to how the adversaries of freedom will; discussion of this conflict was the key issue at the recent Special Competitive Studies Project Summit (SCSP).
A research duo who has previously applied their mathematical expertise to improve forensic processes such as fingerprint, sexual assault kits and ballistics analysis has identified their next area of interest—forensic genetic genealogy.
In 1997, the bestselling author of a nonfiction page-turner that included the tale of an Ebola outbreak at a Virginia research center, had a new book out. This time he’d written a novel—a story about a madman who engineers a virus called “brainpox” before unleashing it on New York City.
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