Public support of the MMR vaccine has declined eight percentage points since November of last year, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey.

The researchers used restricted-access, individual-level data housed in the Wasatch Front Research Data Center. In addition to analyzing which Americans’ live walking-distance to parks across major race and ethnicity categories, the study is the first to assess different access within those groups based on national and Tribal origin. The findings revealed previously unseen national patterns of unequal access to greenspaces.

When patients undergo heart surgery, their kidneys face significant stress. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common complications after cardiac procedures, often resulting in longer hospital stays, higher costs and an increased risk of death. Now, a new collaboration between Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) aims to change that, using artificial intelligence to alert clinicians to early signs of kidney trouble giving them critical time to intervene before lasting damage occurs.

New work by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholar harnesses the power of generative artificial intelligence, using it in tandem with measurement-based care and access-to-care models in a simulated case study, creating a novel framework that promotes personalized mental health treatment, addresses common access barriers and improves outcomes for diverse individuals.