Imagine you're waiting for a new liver or kidney, and you have HIV. Soon, your wait might get a bit shorter thanks to a new rule from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. This rule, announced recently, means that people living with HIV can receive organs from HIV-positive donors. This
Have you ever wondered when the first Muslim medical students set foot at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine? Well, let's take a trip back in time to explore this untold story. For decades, researchers have shed light on the struggles faced by Black, female, and Jewish communities in C
Meet Marc Rowan, a big name in the world of finance. This 62-year-old private equity billionaire is one of the leading candidates to become Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary. He’s got some pretty impressive backers, including Trump insiders and Wall Street bigwigs who think he’s just the guy for the
Did you know that people living in rural areas often face more health challenges than those in cities? These challenges include racial, geographic, and money-related gaps when it comes to chronic diseases. To make a difference, the Chronic Conditions Care Collaborative (4C Collaborative) was started
You might be wondering, what happens when big companies step into the world of hospice care? How do they measure up? Well, it turns out that caregivers have some thoughts on that. Let's dive in and see what they have to say. Imagine this: a loved one is in hospice care, and you're relying on the ca
Wastewater monitoring has become a powerful tool for tracking public health since 2020. It's quick and cost-effective. But what's often missing is a focus on fairness. Current ethical discussions mainly center around privacy and legal issues, mostly in North America and Western Europe. We've teamed
Did you know that artificial intelligence (AI) might not be helping everyone equally when it comes to health and oral care? Recent findings show that there are big gaps in how AI considers fairness, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), from start to finish. We're talking about collecting data, defining p
Behavioral finance often criticizes rational finance for not being able to explain certain weird things in the stock market, like why prices seem to follow patterns and why stocks are so risky compared to bonds. But hold on, says this paper. Maybe we don't need to blame people's weird behaviors just
Behavioral finance, which studies how human psychology affects financial markets, has long pointed out three puzzles that seem to defy the theory of rational finance. These puzzles are the predictability of asset prices, the equity premium puzzle, and the volatility puzzle. In simple terms, these pu
Former U. S. President Donald Trump recently highlighted the skills of basketball star Caitlin Clark in an interview with sportscaster Jim Gray and coach Bill Belichick. The discussion turned to pay equity in women's sports, specifically the WNBA. Clark's impressive playing has sparked talks about f
