The Trump administration’s decision to halt most US foreign aid and development work constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under international law, argue experts in The BMJ today.

Chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, neurocognitive disorders and infertility are rising globally, with health-harming products such as fossil fuels, tobacco, ultra‑processed foods, toxic chemicals, plastics and alcohol being major contributors, say the authors of a new paper published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The authors include proposed solutions, including policy safeguards and a stronger research focus on the risks to health connected with corporate activity.

Future climate damages from past greenhouse gas emissions dwarf the economic harm already inflicted.

A pioneering new book led by a Swansea University academic is offering a fresh perspective on dementia by challenging one of the most familiar assumptions about the condition: that memory loss is always the earliest and most defining symptom.

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People working in tourism and hospitality develop more than 100 transferable skills – from empathy and resilience to problem-solving and communication – that are in demand across every sector of the economy, according to research from the University of Surrey that has already shaped European policy and been translated into children’s books distributed across the continent. 

A study published in Contemporary Economic Policy investigated the extent to which the companies’ political investments influence their success in the competition for federal contracts.