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They Wanted a Baby, Then Twitter Fired Them
Jane—not her real name—has wanted a baby for years. The Twitter employee, whose identity has been protected because she is…
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Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
The panic started as soon as Jayda took the test in early July. It came back positive, and a quick…
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Tech Companies Will Cover Abortion Travel—but Not for All Workers
Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Uber also rely on large pools of TVCs or gig workers and have announced abortion travel…
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Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout
Since February, the nurses at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia have had an extra assistant on their shifts: Moxi,…
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After-Loss Tech Wants to Ease the Logistics of Death
Even tech companies like Netflix and PayPal require manual effort and often pages of documentation if the bereaved do not…
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As Covid Restrictions End, Offices Have a Sick-Pay Problem
Alex Collinson, an analysis and research officer at the UK’s Trades Union Congress (TUC), points out that the reintroduction of…
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Why Joe Biden’s Free Covid Test Website Wasn’t a Dumpster Fire
They decided that the project should be sited and built at the United States Postal Service, which not only had…
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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go
That’s because health data such as medical imaging, vital signs, and data from wearable devices can vary for reasons unrelated…
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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is Convicted on 4 Counts
For three years, Elizabeth Holmes has faced the court of public opinion, as countless books, articles, documentaries, and TV shows…
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More Companies Offer Fertility Benefits. It’s Only the Beginning
Nyasha Foy was at an alumni networking event in New York in 2016 when an older sorority sister asked if…
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