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 E-Mail DURHAM, N.C. - A digital app successfully detected one of the telltale characteristics of autism in young children, suggesting the technology could one day become an inexpensive and scalable early screening tool, researchers at Duke University report. The research team created the app to assess the eye gaze patterns of children while they watched short, strategically designed movies on an iPhone or iPad, then applied computer vision and machine learning to determine whether the child was looking more often at the human in the video, or objects. "We know that babies who have autism p...

Two years into the worst political crisis in Israel's history, do the March 23 elections offer a way out of the deadlock that has paralyzed the government?

This Q&A is adapted from one of four public conversations about the future of Israel being held every Wednesday at noon ET in a collaboration between JTA and the Israel Democracy Institute in the lead-up to Israel’s March 23 elections. The program is being funded by the Marcus Foundation. To register for the upcoming sessions, please sign up here. The coronavirus pandemic has helped lay bare Israel’s strengths and weaknesses, from its political and social challenges to its centralized national health care system. What lessons has Israel learned from the COVID-19 era? What is the country�...

Sepsis is one of the most common causes of death for hospitalized patients. The search for an effective treatment has been frustrating.

Sepsis is one of the most common causes of death for hospitalized patients. The search for an effective treatment has been frustrating.