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Bats are considered a natural pesticide, widely relied on by farmers as an alternative to chemical pesticides to protect their crops from insects. But since 2006, many bat populations have collapsed in counties in North America due to an invasive fungus.

Health insurance coverage–and the options an employer offers or doesn’t offer–has long represented an important factor in many Americans’ decisions about where and how they choose to work.

The world’s dictators have a problem: It’s not easy to understand how popular–and thus secure from threat by a potential challenger—they really are.

In a new working paper, Harris Research Professor Robert Kaestner used data from birth certificates that included measures of infant health and maternal demographic information to investigate money and health.

UChicago Harris research, the most detailed, accurate look at the problem across the U.S., shows that a modest disruption can push people into homelessness.

Less than a third approve of the handling of student loan debt by President Biden, but the public is more likely to support than oppose targeted debt relief proposals covered by the Biden administration’s latest plan