Policy/Ethics

When SEC asks companies about potential ties to terrorism, it catches fewer reporting errorsCredit: Ryan Gaucher/Duke University's Fuqua School of Business When Iranian authorities started seizing Barbie dolls from Tehran toy shops in…

UMD-led study warns cascading effects of salts require coordinated management and regulation to avoid contaminating natural resourcesCredit: Sujay Kaushal When winter storms threaten to make travel dangerous, people often turn to salt,…

How long are you impaired after cannabis use? New analysis defines durations of impairment after inhaled or oral THC dosesCredit: NSW Government A comprehensive analysis of 80 scientific studies has identified a 'window of…

Credit: Steve Dundas, Oregon State CORVALLIS, Ore. - Coastal communities face increasing danger from rising water and storms, but the level of risk will be more closely tied to policy decisions regarding development than the…

An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society at Lehigh University, suggests a new framework for dismantling white supremacy in public healthCredit: Lehigh University The CDC recently…

Lessons learned during COVID-19 can aid workplace communication during crises and normal times Workplace communication often took a back seat this past year, as employees and employers rushed to work remotely, struggled with technology…

A recent study indicates that a U.S. ban on the use of tanning beds among minors would prevent thousands of cases of melanoma in adolescents and would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The findings are published early online…

Credit: Indiana University Since 2016, a federal regulation has allowed nurse practitioners and physician assistants to obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder as a medication assisted…

Emergency staff report substantial anxiety, burnout and PTSD During the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency department doctors, nurses and other frontline staff experienced unprecedented levels of stress and emotional…

Paper urges archaeologists and historians to work closely with people who are grappling with racism in public monuments When most Americans imagine an archaeologist, they picture someone who looks like Indiana Jones. Or, perhaps, Lara…

A group of researchers led by ASHBi and CiRA Assistant Professor Tsutomu Sawai explains the ethical issues regarding brain organoid research Stem cell research has allowed medicine to go places that were once science fiction. Using stem…

Ensuring sustainability of crop and timber production would mitigate the greatest drivers of terrestrial wildlife decline, responsible for 40% of the overall extinction risk of amphibians, birds and mammals, according to a paper published…

Credit: adrienblanc (via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0) PISCATAWAY, NJ - Adolescents who frequently see billboard or storefront advertisements for recreational cannabis are more likely to use the drug weekly…

Collaborative study uses Tucson, Arizona, as a case study to explore the role of policy entrepreneurship and interest groups in the trajectory of green infrastructure In a new paper published in the Journal of Environmental Policy &…

Research identifies structural systemic and institutional biases that perpetuate inequality for female academics Women are significantly underrepresented in the editorial boards of marketing academic journals, and awards and recognition…

A systemic focus on risks and benefits of digital technologies Digitalisation can support transitions towards a more sustainable society if technologies and processes are designed in line with suitable criteria. This requires a systemic…

What The Study Did: In this observational study of 3.4 million live births in 2018, criminalizing immigrant policies were associated with higher rates of preterm birth for Black women born outside the U.S., while inclusive immigrant…

Credit: Manchester University Press WHO needs feminism? The short answer to this question is everyone. This and the issues involved were discussed when a panel of inspirational women came together to celebrate the launch of a…

The research, led by María José González and İbrahim Sönmez, studies the relationship between wages and type of partner (homosexual and heterosexual) for men and women between 2006 and 2018 Spain is among the five countries in the world…

S$2 million raised in total with Singapore government matchingCredit: NTU Singapore Mr Steven Lim, CEO of RSTN Consulting, has made a gift of S$1 million to his alma mater, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) to…