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10-Sep-2025

Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue treatment six months after release than those who did not receive MOUD. The study also found that receiving MOUD in jail was associated with a 52% lower risk of fatal opioid overdose, a 24% lower risk of non-fatal opioid overdose, a 56% lower risk of death from any cause, and a 12% lower risk of reincarceration after release. These outcomes underscore the importance of providing MOUD treatment during incarceration.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse

10-Sep-2025

In-person, online event highlights applied strategies for advancing food animal welfare

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Meeting Announcement

A practical approach to improving welfare outcomes in food animal production is the focus of the Center for Food Animal Wellbeing’s 11^th annual symposium, Oct. 2, at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences in Fayetteville, featuring talks from veterinarians on topics from animal welfare audits to the metapneumovirus impact on turkeys.

10-Sep-2025

UCSB-designed soft robot intubation device could save lives

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient’s life. However, creating this airway through endotracheal intubation is a difficult task for highly trained individuals and under the best of circumstances. In the field and in the ER, where seconds matter, emergency medical personnel face many unknowns and wildly challenging conditions which lower their chances of success.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine

10-Sep-2025

Benchmark study tracks trends in dog behavior

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Virginia Tech study published in PLOS One establishes a crucial baseline for understanding dog behavior on a large scale.

The research, led by Courtney Sexton, a postdoctoral associate in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and her colleague Yuhuan Li from the University of Washington, utilized four years of owner-reported data from over 47,000 dogs in the Dog Aging Project, a large-scale initiative involving over 40 institutions.

Journal: PLOS One

10-Sep-2025

Indian new mums report better postpartum wellbeing when their own mum acts as their primary support - while women whose mother-in-law is the primary caregiver instead report significantly lower overall wellness

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Indian new mums report better postpartum wellbeing when their own mum acts as their primary support - while women whose mother-in-law is the primary caregiver instead report significantly lower overall wellness

Journal: PLOS One

10-Sep-2025

Smartwatches detect early signs of PTSD among those watching coverage of the Oct 7 attacks in Israel

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a three-year study involving more than 5,000 residents of Israel before and after the mass traumatic events of October 7, 2023, those who watched extensive media coverage of the attacks were found to be more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prof. Erez Shmueli and Prof. Dan Yamin of Tel Aviv University and Wizermed LTD, in collaboration with colleagues from Tel Aviv University and Stanford University present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health.

Journal: PLOS Mental Health

10-Sep-2025

The pandemic may have influenced the trainability of dogs, as reported by their owners

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dogs reportedly became harder to train as the pandemic progressed, though this seemed to improve by the time it was ending, according to a study publishing September 10, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Courtney Sexton of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, U.S., Yuhuan Li of the University of Washington, U.S., and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One