The program was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2007 and was expanded in 2012 to include rare pediatric diseases.

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For decades, the U.S. government has played a central role in funding innovation, from financing research at universities to commissioning cutting-edge technology from the private sector. But not all ...

Over the past several years, two momentous social justice campaigns – Black Lives Matter and #MeToo – have drawn attention to patterns of racial discrimination and gender-based harassment and ...

When a marketing agency uses AI to create an ad, it must decide which large language model (LLM) is the best for the job. Sometimes, choosing the most capable model is overkill: for simple tasks, a ...

People increasingly read online reviews before choosing a doctor, with a rating below 3.7 out of 5 often considered a red flag. These reviews have stakes for physicians’ ability to serve patients, ...

For decades, three giants—BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street—have quietly cast millions of votes on behalf of everyday investors, influencing how U.S. corporations are run. That power, long taken ...

Over the past two decades, two large chains have taken control of the U.S. dialysis industry – raising prices for payers, enriching physician partners, and limiting the choices of patients, according ...

From Edison's Menlo Park "Invention Factory" 150 years ago to the corporate research laboratory, the American innovation system relied on multidisciplinary teams to investigate, develop, and ...

Conventional wisdom in finance holds that higher corporate tax rates make debt more attractive for companies. When deciding whether to finance investments by borrowing money or by raising equity from ...

Every platform company learns the same rule early: as supply grows, your leverage does too. More drivers on Uber means drivers compete for rides, so the platform can take a bigger cut and pay out less ...