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As we continue to move forward through the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans grapple with the enormous strain on humanity and the health system. We are presented with the challenge—and opportunity—of asking how health care can adapt to provide more efficient methods of addressing the needs of patients, fostering resiliency and preparedness for the future, and providing higher-value care. For decades, the field of economics and outcomes research has designed and deployed methods to conduct clinical and economic evaluation of health interventions. These tools serve as an important foundation to derive information on value and efficiency across the health care system.

"Like others, I received death threats." -- Andrew Hill, PhD, of the University of Liverpool, discussing what happened after he announced that his meta-analysis of ivermectin in COVID-19 needed to be re-analyzed after it was revealed that a potentially fraudulent study had been included.

The Illinois remapping committee posted a blatantly gerrymandered Illinois congressional map on Oct. 15. Our research group scored the map across multiple fairness metrics and found all but one clearly indicating gerrymandering.

If you were to rank humanity's most consequential inventions, chances are the shipping container wouldn't rate a mention.

The Transportation Security Administration announced that it found more firearms in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints through the first nine months of 2021 than it had in any full year over the past two decades.