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Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men
After the main Namibian party started alternating candidates between men and women, female representation in the National Assembly nearly doubled.
Foreign aid’s hidden benefit: Recipients are more likely to pay the generosity forward
A study found that South Koreans who received donated US vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic were more in favor of their government giving to other nations.
College students with loans more likely to report bad health and skip medicine and care, study finds
College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of worse health, a researcher contends.
About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research
Vitamin D has long been known to play essential roles in boosting immune health and protecting the nervous system. New research now points to its critical importance in fetal development as well.