Chicken pox, the flu, and strep throat: these are all common health ailments often associated with being highly contagious. Just as these illnesses can be contagious, emotions can be too. The concept of emotional contagion is when the emotions of one person can be passed along to another person. Research has shown that people can, … Continue reading
Imagine a doctor that will come to you any time, any place or just a reliable, easy-to-reach person who will coordinate the logistics and timing of your health care. Sounds like a dream, right? It’s becoming more and more possible with rising start-ups, physicians increasingly leaving the traditional healthcare market, and an ever-changing policy environment. … Continue reading
June 30, 2014 was a day in which the decisions of the United States Supreme Court dominated headlines. June 30, 2014 was also the day that both the Wire and the Scotsman reported that Russian military equipment, including long-sought fighter jets, and Russian military advisors had arrived in Baghdad. This is just the latest victory … Continue reading
The Course Change On Tuesday, the Department of Commerce handed down a once-unthinkable decision permitting two US oil companies, Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and Enterprise Products Partners LP, to begin exporting unrefined crude products. The decision specifically allows for the export of condensate, a crude product that’s so light that it exists as a gas … Continue reading
The Net Neutrality debate was broadcast to a huge new audience last week when John Oliver called on his viewers to tell the FCC to keep the Internet free and open. Right now, the FCC is deciding whether or not to place the Internet under Title II regulations, which would place it under greater government … Continue reading
Women make up 51 percent of the United States population, based on the 2010 Census. Yet, only 21 to 32 percent of clinical trial participants in early stages of research are women. With a 1.5 to 1.7-fold greater risk of experiencing harmful reactions to drugs, it is imperative that more demographic data from clinical trails … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton is not the only feature of Washington that is “dead broke”: the Highway Trust Fund is set to run out of money by late August, and members of Congress are scrambling to find ways to raise revenue. One solution, proposed by Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), is to raise the … Continue reading
For the past few weeks, the topic of illegal immigration has been heavily discussed in relation to the ongoing Southwest border crisis. However, one issue that has gone under the radar has been the issuance of driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants already living in the country. On May 1, 2014 the District of Colombia joined … Continue reading
When it comes to current Net neutrality issues, the public debate swings predominantly between two different regulatory strategies (known as, Title II and Section 706), both to be administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Yet, as much as we concern ourselves with better definitions and the right regulations, we should be more concerned with … Continue reading
In May of 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), an independent agency that oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), published a report that stated that the IRS had been earmarking applications for tax-exempt groups with the words “patriot,” “tea party,” “Israel,” or “occupy” in their names. The IRS had held these applications … Continue reading
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