In clinical handoffs, biased language can hinder empathy and negatively affect clinicians’ ability to recall patient health information, according to a study published Dec. 17 in JAMA. To examine the ...

A new study shows that when clinicians hear a patient described with negatively biased language, they develop less empathy towards the patient and, in some cases, become less accurate in recalling the ...

A Massachusetts high school already embroiled in a scandal involving its hockey team is now suspending all wrestling team activities after a fight sparked another investigation. Families in the ...

Those who heard handoffs with blame-based bias had less accurate recall than those who heard neutral handoffs (77% vs 93%, P=0.005), according to Austin Wesevich, MD, MPH, MS, of the University of ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly recently announced the disturbing discovery of racially biased language in nearly 200 property deeds within a single Deschutes County ...

National Employment Savings Trust, London, appointed five women to data analytics internships after it removed gender-biased language from its job descriptions. The £17.2 billion ($23.9 billion) ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that “may be the most biased, inaccurate, ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Federal Reserve has instructed employees to adopt "bias-free language" and avoid using biased terms like "Founding Fathers," according to an internal webpage obtained by Fox News. The ...

It’s time we create a system for evaluating employees that’s grounded in fairness, not bias, this founder CEO says. Here’s how to get started. Over the past several years, there have been countless ...

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another — an exchange known as a “handoff” — the specific words they use behind closed doors matter more than they might realize. A ...