Dr. Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management at Boston University School of Public Health, discusses his new book The Easiest, which presents a guide to thorough healthcare reform in the US. By strategically redirecting trillions of dollars in wasteful spending, the US can achieve affordable and high-quality care for all.

The University of Oklahoma is leading a $2.3 million NSF-funded initiative to research a unified wildfire warning system for fire threats nationwide. The project combines atmospheric science, behavioral research and practitioner collaboration to lay the groundwork for FireNet—a national framework to improve public safety and resilience against wildfires.

A summary of published studies on the risk of emerging diseases shows that only 7.4% simultaneously consider hazard, exposure, and vulnerability to infection. These three components are essential for reliably and accurately assessing the risk of these diseases in the context of environmental change.

Today, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released the 15th edition of its annual Cancer Progress Report. A cornerstone of the AACR’s educational and advocacy efforts, this comprehensive report provides the latest statistics on cancer incidence, mortality, and survivorship and highlights how federal investments in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research and cancer-related population sciences have led to impressive scientific advances that are improving health and saving lives.

Children who are expelled from preschool are subsequently more likely to experience academic failure and enter what scientists and advocates call the “cradle-to-prison pipeline,” meaning that these children tend to follow a trajectory away from school and toward the criminal justice system. Preschool expulsion may be less likely, however, if a teacher perceives parents to be cooperative during discussions about the child’s challenging behavior, according to a study published in Prevention Science by Drs. Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, Rechele Brooks and Andrew Meltzoff.

Japanese scholars submit a nuanced view linking diverse disability experiences