A new report found the Fourth Estate in the US is under threat: 86% of Americans have seen or heard of attacks on journalists; Trump is the primary distributor of disinformation in POC media; and disinformation is spreading through WhatsApp groups which are not fact-checked. The report was co-authored by the International Center for Journalism, City St George's, University of London, the University of Maryland and Arizona State University.

An Osaka Metropolitan University researcher investigated factors influencing older adults’ acceptance and use of demand-responsive transport (DRT) in Senboku New Town, Osaka. The study found a significant relationship between citizen engagement and behavioral intention to use DRT.

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open, titled “Hospital Decision-Making and Adoption of Health-Related Social Needs Programs in US Hospitals,” reveals surprising insights into how primary care providers in Ohio perceive and treat opioid use disorder (OUD) differently from other chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes.

Human-caused biodiversity loss has accelerated over the past fifty years. An opinion article published September 30^th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by a team of renowned international authors, including Anne Larigauderie, former Executive Secretary of Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), concludes that stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative social and cultural changes across multiple scales.

A new artificial intelligence tool can scan social media data to discover adverse events associated with consumer health products, according to a study published September 30^th in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by John Ayers of the University of California, San Diego, U.S., and colleagues.

In times of violent conflict, how do you get your news: television broadcasts and newspapers, or social media? The answer, according to new research from Binghamton University Political Science Professor Seden Akcinaroglu, may depend on how you view the effectiveness of your government.