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Unmasking Human Trafficking: New AI Research Reveals Hidden Recruitment Networks
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.

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New U.S. drug prices doubled amid a shift toward treating rare diseases
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Drugs being explicitly developed to treat rare diseases are getting more expensive.

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Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
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Old technology is behind the recent ongoing delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, but newer technology will be an important part of the solution.

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Financial compensations need to be large to reduce vaccine hesitancy

Financial compensations need to be large to reduce vaccine hesitancy

News Medici Net, March 15, 2022

Willingness to vaccinate is critical in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. About 45 percent of Americans are not vaccinated and among those vaccinated, less than 30 percent have received a booster. Financial incentives and other nudges have been used to help increase vaccination rates across the nation, but new research from the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management reveals that compensations need to be large-;at least $100-;to reduce vaccine hesitancy.

Is a COVID-19 spring break surge inevitable?

Is a COVID-19 spring break surge inevitable?

The Hill, March 15, 2022

College students around the nation are partaking in the annual rite commonly referred to as spring break. Many students are heading down to cities in Florida and other warm destinations to enjoy beaches and bars, socializing as only college students can during their mid-semester break.

Update on supply chain disruption

Update on supply chain disruption

WBRC, March 14, 2022

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Everyone is feeling the impact of the supply chain disruption. The disruption issues were blamed on the pandemic. Experts said the inability to get products from manufacturers to consumers quickly, and inexpensively, is causing prices to soar.

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