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Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Sep-2025 15:11 ET (17-Sep-2025 19:11 GMT/UTC)

22-Aug-2025

How a gift card could help speed up Alzheimer’s clinical research

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Offering a small gift card boosted enrollment in a patient registry, though other approaches may be more cost-effective for engaging low-income patients.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum
Funder: American Heart Association

22-Aug-2025

Restoring trust in government and institutions may influence pandemic decision making

Research Organization of Information and Systems
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how the same health information affects the behavior of individuals differently. A recent study revealed cultural differences in how people respond to hypothetical COVID-19 infection information at the local level. The analysis also found differences in how individual subgroups react differently to pandemic information.

Journal: Data Science Journal
Funder: Research Organization of Information and Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

22-Aug-2025

Restoring trust in government and institutions may influence pandemic decision making

Research Organization of Information and Systems
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Journal: Data Science Journal
Funder: Research Organization of Information and Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

21-Aug-2025

Introducing New Contaminants – a new era in environmental science!

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Business Announcement

We’re excited to announce the launch of New Contaminants, a pioneering journal dedicated to emerging pollutants and their impacts on our planet and health. From microplastics to antimicrobial resistance genes, this journal explores the unseen threats in our environment.

21-Aug-2025

Walkable communities lowered mental health stressors during COVID-19 pandemic

University of New Hampshire
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research out of the University of New Hampshire shows that communities that were easier for people to lace up and get out for a walk during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped lower the impact of mental health issues, like stress and anxiety.

Journal: Health Economics

21-Aug-2025

Why parents should have a bigger say in how schools are run

Ohio State University
Book Announcement

One reason why so many schools in the United States struggle to provide a high-quality education is that their core constituents – students and parents – have the least say in how they’re run. That’s the argument made by Vladimir Kogan, a political science professor at The Ohio State University, in his new book “No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids.”

21-Aug-2025

How AI will transform mental health support for patients with breast cancer

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

From virtual counselors that can hear depression creeping into a person’s voice to smart watches that can detect stress, artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize mental health care for patients with breast cancer.

Journal: AI in Precision Oncology