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Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Oct-2026 00:17 ET (22-Oct-2026 04:17 GMT/UTC)

18-Sep-2026

New sepsis guidelines seek to reduce infection’s deadly toll

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A bane for hospitals, sepsis kills at least 1 in 5 who develop it.

Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases

17-Sep-2026

Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon

Lancaster University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the 2026 El Niño intensifies across the Amazon, new research highlights the urgent need to better protect the region’s remaining forests from disturbances.

While measures to avoid deforestation or restore cleared land dominate many conservation strategies, approaches to protect existing forests from disturbances, including selective logging and wildfires, can often provide the biggest “bang for your buck”, a new study, published today in Science shows.

The findings are from an international team of researchers from the UK, Brazil, Sweden and Australia, led by scientists at Lancaster University. The group undertook the first systematic comparison study of its kind by contrasting different ways to either protect existing forests or restore them on agricultural land.

Journal: Science

17-Sep-2026

The anthropological dimensions of sari-sari stores as liminal community pharmacies

Ateneo de Manila University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ateneo de Manila University study finds sari-sari stores quietly fill medicine-access gaps in remote communities, while exposing the limits of informal care.

Journal: Acta Medica Philippina

16-Sep-2026

US officials suppressed warnings over flawed covid vaccine safety algorithm

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

US health officials knowingly relied on a compromised algorithm to detect signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines and silenced efforts to fix it, finds an investigation published by The BMJ today.

Journal: The BMJ
Funder: BMJ Investigations Unit

16-Sep-2026

Professors receive $3.7 million NIH grant to study effectiveness of higher-dosage buprenorphine among pregnant women with opioid use disorder

Boston University School of Public Health
Grant and Award Announcement

Despite research supporting increased dosages as needed for buprenorphine, buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy is inconsistent and patients often receive inadequate dosages. Researchers at Boston University School of Public Health and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine are addressing this public health issue with a $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Jake Morgan, research assistant professor of health law, policy & management at BUSPH, and Dr. Ashley Leech, assistant professor of health policy at Vanderbilt, have received the five-year award to evaluate the health and economic consequences of suboptimal buprenorphine dosing in pregnancy.

16-Sep-2026

$1.3M grant to examine working conditions for NC special education teachers

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grant and Award Announcement

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have received a $1.3 million federal grant to study working conditions for special education teachers across North Carolina and how those conditions may affect teacher retention and outcomes for students with disabilities.

16-Sep-2026

Ultrasound AI expands intellectual property portfolio with two new US patents

Hiltzik Strategies
Business Announcement

Ultrasound AI expands IP property with two new U.S. patents, adding protection for methods to detect and measure drug exposure, and to help identify, predict, and manage a wide range of medical conditions