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May 4, 2015
Cruz’s ideology trumps Texas’ interests, businesses complain Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's national vision.
May 4, 2015
Alabama's first freestanding emergency departments will increase convenience – at a cost Vivian Ho, James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, comments on Alabama's first freestanding emergency department.
May 4, 2015
Tracking Worms Troubles to Monitor a Country’s Health To draw attention to the connection between worms and prosperity, Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, and Jennifer Herricks, postdoctoral fellow in disease and poverty, recently created a “worm index” that ranks the world’s 25 most populous countries by how big a problem they have with three types of worms. The index then compares those countries by their rankings in the United Nations human development index.
May 3, 2015
Worm index offered as proxy for development This article examines a new paper by Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, and Jennifer Herricks, postdoctoral fellow in disease and poverty, that draws attention to the connection between worms and prosperity.
May 1, 2015
Worm Index Closely Associated with Human Development Index Peter J. Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, and Jennifer R. Herricks, postdoctoral fellow in disease and poverty, have developed the "worm index," which they found to have a strong association with a nation's human development index.