More Direct Flights, Improved Organ Donations
Medium, July 21, 2021
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers looked at the impact of direct airline flights on kidney sharing and transplantation.
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.
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Consumers wait or pay more as businesses wrestle supply chain woes
Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 19, 2021
For months, cars were driven sporadically or not at all. So as the economy reopened, when many people grabbed keys and headed out the door to work, shop or visit with friends, an odd thing happened.
Georgia sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
WJCL, July 15, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Georgia has risen substantially over the past few weeks, mirroring a national trend that has public health experts worried.
As The Delta Variant Of COVID-19 Increases, Cases And Hospitalizations Rise In The U.S.
WFAE, July 14, 2021
With a COVID-19 vaccine and the United States seemingly opening up from the pandemic, things were starting to get back to normal just in time for summer. People started seeing friends and family, traveling out of state and embracing relaxed coronavirus restrictions.
Lessons From COVID-19
University of Massachusetts Amherst, July 14, 2021
Just as COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of life, so too has it affected the direction of research in countless ways. From faculty who stepped up to contribute to the emergency response to those who found themselves in the midst of an unprecedented natural experiment, UMass Amherst researchers have studied the pandemic’s influence from a variety of angles. Several faculty members shared lessons learned and implications for the future.
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