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A new study finds that the more a state’s budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The findings suggest ...

Several coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have received emergency use authorization (EUA) from various regulatory bodies around the world. Of these includes the messenger ribonucleic acid ...

A study from the American Medical Association finds a correlation between the country’s infant mortality rate, and what kind of insurance the mother has. Infants born to mothers with private insurance ...

Crime rates rise with ice cream consumption. Divorce rates rise as people use more margarine. These are classic examples of spurious correlations (Fletcher, 2014). Statistically, these variables move ...