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Child care costs by state in 2025
Professor Emerita Lotte Bailyn said: "Child care is absolutely necessary if parents need or want to have employment. Child care workers must be paid well in order to attract the people needed for high quality, and parents cannot pay more for child care than they earn. That means a simple private business model does not work."
Chatbots can help clinicians become better communicators, and this could boost vaccine uptake
"By having the AI model underlying the chatbot constantly trawling the web for the latest misleading claims and updating chatbot scenarios regularly, we can help clinicians recognize and respond to the kinds of misinformation circulating now," wrote professor David Rand and co-authors.
CoFlo Medical wins MIT $100K with drug injection device
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The startup’s device could expand access, reduce cost, and reduce injection time for biologic drugs for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Why a small journal's 'blueprint for NIH' may offer clues to the agency's future
"I think we shouldn't be Covid-obsessed when we think about NIH reform, and this set of proposals is."
NIH needs reforms, but use a scalpel, not a hatchet
"Empirical evidence points to a massive return on investment for the US economy from federal support for basic R&D."
Is This the New Playbook for Curing Rare Childhood Diseases?
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A Sloan Fellow aims to cure pediatric cancer through an international consortium for collaborative drug research.
The Power of Patients—and A-Lab
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After her daughter's traumatic brain injury (TBI), Lynne Becker became an entrepreneur on a mission—a mission to share with others what she learned about TBI. And ultimately, a mission to accelerate research and clinical trials. Two student teams taking MIT Sloan’s Analytics Lab (A-Lab) helped her t...
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Choosing a hospital or doctor? Here's what experts recommend you consider
"If I had to choose, I'd definitely be choosing to go to a teaching hospital."
Three Steps Managers Can Take to Empower Workers
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A recent MIT Sloan doctoral dissertation sheds light on three steps managers can take to empower workers who have ideas about improving the workplace.
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