APIC and SHEA have issued a joint statement expressing concern that the President's executive order on childhood vaccine recommendations circumvents the established scientific review process. The organizations reaffirm that vaccines are safe, effective, and essential to protecting public health.

Emotional difficulties among young people have increased, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, developing social and emotional skills can help strengthen their ability to cope with challenges. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with UniDistance Suisse, the University of Fribourg and Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), examined the effects of regular classroom practice of improvisational theatre, mindfulness meditation and board games designed to explore emotions. Their findings show that these activities have a protective effect on the mental health and self-efficacy of adolescents with the highest levels of anxiety. Improvisational theatre, in particular, fosters the development of empathy and collaboration, regardless of students' anxiety levels. The findings have been published in Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy.

A landmark study from UC Irvine and Stanford University — the largest of its kind ever conducted — has found no link between unauthorized immigration and rising crime rates at the neighborhood level. Tracking more than 11,500 neighborhoods and 46 million residents across a decade, researchers discovered that neighborhoods with growing undocumented populations actually experienced greater reductions in property crime. The findings, published in the Journal of Urban Affairs, challenge one of the most persistent narratives in American political debate and offer what researchers say is the most geographically precise answer yet to a question that has fueled policy fights for generations: Should communities fear crime from unauthorized immigration in their own neighborhoods? The data says no.

Older adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) often have coexisting cognitive impairment and frailty, conditions that can significantly affect treatment decisions, recovery, independence and quality of life and should be considered as part of an aging-informed approach to care, according to a new American College of Cardiology Scientific Statement published in JACC, the flagship journal of the ACC.