In 2020, researchers at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences announced a shocking discovery: Black babies are three times more likely to die when cared for by a white doctor than by a ...

TEXAS, USA — Over a decade ago, the Texas Legislature passed a groundbreaking law to provide justice when the scientific evidence for a criminal conviction has changed or been discredited. But in a ...

Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the pervasive muck and mire. These questions also vex judges when evidence is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s quest to legitimize a junk science report undermining the safety of a widely used abortion pill was ...

Commentary: When judges allow flawed evidence to corrupt verdicts, that rewards frivolous litigants and encourages future ...

The Pew Research Center recently reported that one in five American adults - and a striking 43% of adults under 30 - get their news from TikTok. A recent executive order issued by President Donald ...

Here, we highlight a few “worst of the worst” offenders when it comes to junk science. We lead with a decision from years past—likely familiar to the reader, as the issue (whether vaccines can cause ...

The ripple effects of junk science are fueling new legal actions across the country. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit on behalf of his state, accusing Tylenol makers of hiding a ...

Junk science admitted during trial continues to undermine our judicial system, unfairly affecting individual parties, consumers and industries. When judges allow flawed evidence to corrupt verdicts, ...