News in Brief Does a Death in the Family Perpetuate Racial Inequality? African Americans are more likely to lose a loved one, which could perpetuate disparities in health. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Here’s How Obamacare Helped Women Get More Mammograms A new study shows the Affordable Care Act helped more women get mammograms—but not colonoscopies. Anumita Kaur
News in Brief Are the Latest Baby Monitors Doing Anyone Any Good? Pediatricians argue that consumer infant heart rate and oxygen monitors haven’t been tested thoroughly and could cause parents… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Medical Consequences That Stem From a Fear of Deportation A new study finds a spike in low birthweight babies among Latinas in Iowa following a huge raid.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Drives Animal Diversity? Some animal phyla contain millions of species while others have just one, and researchers are just beginning to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Teens of Working Moms Are Less Likely to Commit Minor Crimes A working paper examines how welfare reform has affected the frequency of minor offense arrests among teenagers. Morgan Baskin
News in Brief There’s Strong Evidence That Mindfulness Helps Us Handle Stress People suffering from an anxiety disorder lowered their physical reaction to stress following an eight-week course in meditation.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Jet Lag Plays Favorites in Major League Baseball But it might not explain why the five AL East teams won 423 games last year. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What’s Behind the Impending Primate Mass Extinction Apes and monkeys are in trouble—and that means we are too, researchers argue. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Desirey… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Weaken the Persuasive Power of Climate Change Disinformation Point out that special interests have a stake in manipulating your thinking. By Tom Jacobs Los Angeles. (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff