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Got an unaffordable or incorrect medical bill? Calling your hospital billing office will usually get you a discount

  • Written by Erin Duffy, Research Scientist and Director of Research Training in Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
imageDisagree with that medical bill? It might be worth calling your hospital billing office.damircudic/E+ via Getty Images

What do you do when you disagree with or can’t afford a medical bill?

Many Americansstruggle topay medical bills, avoid care because of cost worries or forgo other needs due to health care cost burdens.

It can be hard to...

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Trump and Harris, with starkly different records on labor issues, are both courting union voters

  • Written by Robert Forrant, Professor of U.S. History and Labor Studies, UMass Lowell
imageBoth candidates are reaching out to union leaders and rank-and-file members.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images and Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump are in a tight race for the White House. Every voting bloc will count – including members of labor unions and other people...

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If new technologies snarl your airline experience, here are old-school strategies to cope

  • Written by Christopher Schaberg, Director of Public Scholarship, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

Ten years ago I wrote a book titled “The End of Airports” about how digital technologies and commercial air travel were on a collision course. Earlier this summer, I was proved right.

In July, a cybersecurity software outage snarled airports around the world. Airlines took weeks to get back to normal. Delta was particularly hard hit,...

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Is ‘coaching’ a shortcut to mental health care? Not so fast − here are key differences

  • Written by Emily Hemendinger, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageLife coaching can provide helpful services for some people, but scrutiny is needed.The Good Brigade/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Life coach, wellness coach, business coach, weight loss coach, breakup coach – the list goes on and on. All are different titles for similar jobs, with the same limitation: Anyone can claim to be an expert.

Health...

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Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don’t offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies

  • Written by Angela Schöpke Gonzalez, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
imageThe U.S.-Mexico border as seen with a thermal camera in Lukeville, Ariz., on Dec. 8, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

The U.S.-Mexico border is once again dominating a U.S. presidential election.

With voters ranking immigration high on their list of concerns, both Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump...

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26 states may soon need to regulate cannabis – here’s what they can learn from Colorado and Washington

  • Written by Boyoung Seo, Assistant Professor of Business, Indiana University
imageMore states may soon be faced with the task of regulating marijuana marketplaces.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has made moves to reclassify marijuana, making it a type of legal but regulated medicine, like Tylenol with codeine or some steroids.

With the reclassification, 26 states where cannabis is...

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‘Homicide: Life on the Streets’ laid the groundwork for Peak TV – and it’s finally available to stream for new and old fans of the series

  • Written by Summit Osur, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Quinnipiac University

When “Homicide: Life on the Streets” premiered on NBC in 1993, most network television police dramas were formulaic, cleanly shot and had clear delineations between good and evil.

“Homicide” was different. It featured cops, but you couldn’t always tell whether they were the good guys or the bad guys; its writers...

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COVID-19, flu and RSV shots − an epidemiologist explains why all three matter this fall

  • Written by Annette Regan, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Francisco
imageCOVID-19 hospitalization and deaths have increased since May 2024, particularly among those 65 and older.andresr/E+ via Getty Images

The Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization on Aug. 22, 2024, for the newest, updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly endors...

Read more: COVID-19, flu and RSV shots − an epidemiologist explains why all three matter this fall

Gus Walz’s unbridled emotion on the DNC stage opens the door to more understanding of neurodiversity

  • Written by Sneha Kohli Mathur, Faculty Member of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California
imageGus Walz openly wept as he cheered for his father, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

“That’s my dad. That’s MY DAD!” a visibly emotional Gus Walz exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, at the Democratic National Convention. It...

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5 lessons from ancient civilizations for keeping homes cool in hot, dry climates

  • Written by Adriana Zuniga-Teran, Assistant Professor of Urban Geography, University of Arizona
imageAghazadeh Mansion, a national historic site in Iran, was built with elaborate wind towers and other natural cooling techniques.Amir.salehkhah via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Modern buildings tend to take electricity and air conditioning for granted. They often have glass facades and windows that can’t be opened. And when the power goes out for days...

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  2. The specter of China has edged into US presidential election rhetoric − for Republicans much more than Democrats
  3. The specter of China has edged into US election rhetoric − for Republicans much more than Democrats
  4. The Nuremberg Code isn’t just for prosecuting Nazis − its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day
  5. Retirement doesn’t just raise financial concerns – it can also mean feeling unmoored and irrelevant
  6. Robots are coming to the kitchen − what that could mean for society and culture
  7. Mitochondria keep your brain cells alive − helping them run smoothly may protect against Parkinson’s disease
  8. Today’s school children practice running for their lives – but there are better ways to keep students safe from shooters
  9. Why restaurant self-service kiosks can actually result in customers ordering less food
  10. Conservative opponents of DEI may not be as colorblind as they claim
  11. Democratic men are stepping up for a woman president by stepping back, at last
  12. How the 14th Amendment prevents state legislatures from subverting popular presidential elections
  13. Signs, props and light-up wristbands − the 2024 political conventions find a home in the Smithsonian collections
  14. Cómo la comercialización a lo largo de los siglos transformó el Día de los Muertos
  15. Estate planning lessons from the $600M fight over Michael Jackson’s music catalog
  16. Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging – new research in mice
  17. Creative arts therapy programs can help health care workers dance, write and draw their way through burnout and on-the-job stress
  18. Avian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading
  19. Black voters, Latino voters and other voters of color show solidarity at the ballot box
  20. Policy, shmolicy: Election Day weather and football victories could decide the election
  21. I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
  22. Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows
  23. Job supervisors with disabilities can boost productivity, new research shows
  24. When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability
  25. What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season
  26. How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
  27. Why people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills
  28. Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together
  29. An unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts
  30. In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
  31. Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change
  32. How US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for tensions and conflict with China and Russia
  33. What is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the pictures in your mind and why they’re useful
  34. A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that
  35. All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years
  36. From Kursk to Kursk: Putin’s attempt to project an image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been punctured throughout his 25 years in power
  37. Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants − losing these insects is a warning of bigger water problems
  38. In domestic violence cases, police are more likely to make arrests when pets are abused, too
  39. People with physical and mobility disabilities need to work out, but there are a lot of obstacles in their way
  40. South Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but economic decline and political strife put vote at risk
  41. Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
  42. ‘Coconut farmers for Harris,’ influencers and vertical signs – Smithsonian curators’ encounters at the Democratic National Convention
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  45. The Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
  46. No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s
  47. How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’
  48. US is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it
  49. What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism
  50. Gift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’