Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may help keep their budgets more stable, research shows

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Funding for public K-12 schools in the U.S. is based on enrollment. More students mean more money. In 31 states, public schools use the previous years enrollment numbers to determine the current years funding, which makes...

Many ‘impact investors’ aren’t fully tracking whether their investments are good for society or the environment − new research

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Investors can aim not only to make money but to benefit society while doing so. But few of those impact investors follow up on whether their strategy is having a positive impact, we found in a study published in the...

From anecdotes to AI tools, how doctors make medical decisions is evolving with technology

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The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual...

With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research

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In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA...

Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report

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Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a dry January. Over the past few decades, mounting scientific...

How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment

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From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the chemicals under...

UK borrowing costs have hit their highest level since the banking crisis. An economist explains what’s happening

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UK borrowing costs have risen rapidly to their highest level since the banking crisis of 2007-08, with implications for the governments tax and spending plans. Yields on gilts, as UK government bonds are called, have been...