The State of the Nation Project, a bipartisan collaboration of former appointees and advisors from the past five presidential administrations, released its first comprehensive "State of the Nation" report to shed light on how the United States is doing in key areas — the economy, education, health, the environment, civic engagement, trust in major institutions — compared to historical trends and peer countries. 

A Rutgers Health study may help explain why some people are more susceptible to developing drinking problems.

Carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections have surged in 23 EU member states, driven by the continued spread of multidrug-resistant high-risk lineages in hospitals. Newly emerging carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales species (other than K. pneumoniae) are also spreading in hospitals.

A new study shows significant long-term reductions in the stress hormone cortisol in seniors taking part in the O’stress program.

In a recent article published in the Journal of Marketing, researchers from the University of Vaasa (Finland), Arizona State University (United States), and Hanken School of Economics (Finland) offer a new perspective on how immersive services, such as residental care, affect consumer agency. Their discovery expands marketing theory and offers actionable implications for organizations to improve the service experiences of their customers. The researchers define immersive service as a service that consumers are embedded in and surrounded by, in the sense that their life experience is within the service and, in great part, constructed by it for some period of time. Consumers frequently experience immersive service in healthcare (e.g., hospital stays, residential care), education (e.g., school/university attendance) or hospitality (e.g., air travel, resorts) among others. 

A quarter of all children in England receive services from children’s social care before turning 18, finds a new study by UCL researchers.