The Independent

Disabled Example fan gutted after musician mistakenly calls her out during gig

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Medical Xpress

Simulation study explores long-term gains of preventive health policy in England

Researchers from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with The Health Foundation, have analyzed anonymized health data from 1.5 million people in England to understand how changes in everyday ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Say More Than 60 Percent of American Children Will Use Medicaid or CHIP

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health estimated that 42 percent of American children will experience at least one gap in health insurance coverage before they turn 18 in a study published ...
International Monetary Fund

IMF TaxFit Model Methodology and User Guidebook

The TaxFit microsimulation model calculates the taxes payable and benefits receivable by hypothetical households across an expanding list of countries. It simulates personal income taxes and social ...
Healio

Obesity drug coverage could lead to ‘substantial’ increase in Medicare spending

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A microsimulation model projected Medicare expenditures to increase $47.7 billion over 10 years with obesity ...
Healio

Semaglutide, tirzepatide not deemed cost-effective obesity therapies despite benefits

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Semaglutide and tirzepatide were the least cost-effective of four obesity drugs examined in a microsimulation ...
Backstage

Punchlines Unpacked: 10 Most Common Types of Jokes

The laugh-out-loud workplace comedy “30 Rock” (2006–2013) averaged more than seven jokes per minute, using the gamut of gags to get guffaws. Beyond a spectacular cast (Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy ...
Pew Research Center

72% of Americans say the U.S. used to be a good example of democracy, but isn’t anymore

Ahead of the November presidential election, just 19% of Americans say democracy in the United States is a good example for other countries to follow, according to a Pew Research Center survey ...
Science Daily

Cuts to processed meat intake bring a range of health benefits

Reducing consumption of processed meat by around one-third could prevent more than 350,000 cases of diabetes in the US over 10 years. Reducing consumption of processed meat by around one-third could ...
News Medical

Reducing processed meat consumption could reduce burden of chronic diseases in the USA, study suggests

In a recent study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, researchers developed a microsimulation model, micro-Simulation of the Health Impacts of Food Transformations (mSHIFT), to evaluate the ...
WebMD

What to Know About Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...