Medical insurance fraud is no small issue. It's like a virus, threatening the health of insurance funds. To keep the system balanced and fair, we must tackle this problem head-on. This means looking at what causes fraud, how it happens, and what results from it. In China, researchers took a hard lo
In 2019, a private security firm, Interfor International, released a report highlighting the messy state of security in New Orleans' French Quarter. The report blamed political squabbles among law enforcement agencies and stakeholders for hampering efforts to keep the area safe. This dysfunction bec
The Federal Reserve's top banking regulator, Michael Barr, is leaving his supervisory role next month. This move comes amid speculation that President-elect Donald Trump wants a more bank-friendly candidate. Barr will stay on as a Fed governor until 2026, but his resignation as the vice chair for su
Imagine HCC, a type of liver cancer, as a mysterious city. Like any city, it has different neighborhoods, and these neighborhoods in HCC are filled with immune cells. These cells can either help the tumor grow or fight against it, but we don't fully understand how and why this happens. By mapping ou
Do you ever wonder why a 5-year-old girl was placed with a father who had a history of violent crimes? This is the question that has been nagging at us since Harmony Montgomery's tragic death. The highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), is about to hear a case that could sh
In 1963, a terror attack shook America when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama, killing four Black girls. This happened just before President Kennedy was assassinated. Two years later, the radical group Weather Underground set off a bomb in the U. S. Capitol. Both grou
Phase transitions, those fascinating transformations of matter, don't just happen in calm, static systems. They can occur in systems that are constantly on the move, too. These are called non-equilibrium systems. Think of a pot of boiling water, where water turns to steam—that's a phase transition i
One Health is all about understanding that humans, animals, and the environment are connected. This study looked into how Pakistan's health system is handling this idea. Researchers talked to 17 key people from different fields like public health, agriculture, and veterinary medicine. They found tha
It's been a sunny weekend in EAU CLAIRE, Wis. , thanks to a big high pressure system to the northwest. Temperatures have been chilly, hovering in the teens, but that's about to change. As we move into the new week, the air will warm up, bringing us closer to average temperatures. Winds will also eas
You might think that using Health Information Systems (HIS) in Sri Lanka would be a no-brainer. But, surprisingly, it's not as popular as it should be. Researchers wanted to figure out why this is happening and what could make healthcare workers more open to using these systems. They asked 170 docto
