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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-May-2026 10:16 ET (26-May-2026 14:16 GMT/UTC)

Are public sector workers motivated to do the job?

Edith Cowan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

From frontline emergency service workers to policy professionals, teachers, and nurses, the public sector is filled with everyday heroes. But how motivated is your friendly neighbourhood public servant? Findings from a new Edith Cowan University study conducted across Australia and New Zealand has discovered that the answer is in their work environment.

Journal: Review of Public Personnel Administration

Why extended postpartum Medicaid coverage during pandemic led to gains in enrollment

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The federal policy requiring states to keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic extended postpartum Medicaid coverage nationwide and sharply increased the number of individuals remaining insured after childbirth, according to a Rutgers Health researcher.

Journal: The Milbank Quarterly
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Clinical trial aims to address vaginal complaints after breast cancer diagnosis

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Business Announcement

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology is now enrolling patients into a clinical trial aimed at helping women recover from the vaginal side effects of breast cancer treatment. Supported in part by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, the REVITALIZE study (Alliance A221801) will test if a laser therapy helps reduce vaginal dryness caused by breast cancer treatment, a painful side effect that can cause discomfort for many cancer survivors.

Funder: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

Despite FDA rule change, few retail pharmacies dispense mifepristone

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Very few patients are filling mifepristone prescriptions at retail pharmacies years after FDA permanently lifted rules requiring that patients obtain the abortion pill in person at a clinic or hospital.

Journal: JAMA

Cancer care in conflict zones remains critically neglected

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – April 13, 2026 – A new review was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget on March 31, 2026, titled “Cancer without borders: Policy frameworks for oncology care in humanitarian and conflict settings.”

Journal: Oncotarget

Envisioning just futures

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rising living costs, energy insecurity, widening inequality, and escalating climate impacts are fueling discussions on fairness and justice in climate policy. Yet, assumptions in global emission scenarios that determine who benefits and who bears the costs are often only made implicitly. A new IIASA-led study addresses this gap by offering a practical way to assess and design emission scenarios that explicitly account for distributive justice.

Journal: npj Climate Action

Frontiers launches unique AI practical guidance for researchers, editors, and reviewers, and calls for policy evolution

Frontiers
Business Announcement

Frontiers released unique-in-publishing AI guidance covering the entire publication lifecycle – from researchers to editors and peer reviewers – moving beyond simplistic “allowed / not allowed” rules toward practical, responsible routes for AI adoption, while calling for policy to evolve in step with real-world AI use by researchers and reviewers.

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