by Noah Fromson | Mar 17, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON – The failure of a 2008 program called Google Flu Trends was an early lesson in the limitations of big data in health and life sciences research: the ability of computers to analyze huge sets of information is limited by how researchers use it. The Google...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 16, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON – An integrity unit in the Harris County district attorney’s office, which identifies and corrects false convictions, is responsible for 76 total overturned drug convictions dating back to mid-2014, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. In all...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 15, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Zika researchers need to shift focus from male to female mosquitoes because mating could be the key to controlling the virus, an expert said Tuesday. Scientists have been working on genetically modifying the aedes aegypti mosquito,...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 13, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — In 2007, the new district attorney of Dallas County partnered with the Innocence Project of Texas to review over 400 old cases, many involving denied requests for DNA testing, because the county had the highest number of wrongful convictions in the...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 8, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Latin American governments should follow Canada’s lead and investigate the high rate of violence against indigenous women , experts said Tuesday. In honor of International Women’s Day, the Organization of American States, which...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 3, 2016 | Topics
[rev_slider alias=”Alabama”] WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama said he must be good luck for the University of Alabama’s football team as he welcomed the Crimson Tide to Washington for the fourth time in seven years on Wednesday. “In...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 1, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON – A new type of buffer can help reduce the pollution of lakes and streams caused by fertilizers and other farm products, an agriculture expert said Tuesday. Kent Rodelius, vice president of the Agricultural Drainage Water Management Coalition, testified...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 24, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Pop star Demi Lovato, soul artist Leon Bridges and several other stars joined first lady Michelle Obama at her final White House music event for young people Wednesday, where she urged about 100 students from elementary school through college to...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 16, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The global community needs to invest more in research and development on global pandemics beyond the Zika outbreak, health care experts said Tuesday. The workshop at the National Academies of Science came after President Barack Obama called on Congress...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 15, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Top health officials in the United States said evidence of the Zika virus found in two Brazilian babies with microcephaly is the strongest connection yet between the disease and the birth defect. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, Living
Chipotle closed all of its stores nationwide Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a mandatory employee food safety meeting. The chain is responding to health issues from the summer and is working to implement new safety protocols. See how consumers reacted when they...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 4, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — U.S. judges overturned a record number of wrongful convictions in 2015 due to increased spending to investigate allegations of false convictions, including for special investigative units in district attorney offices of major cities, a report by the...
