A risk evaluation aimed at helping protect women from domestic violence is working but could be improved to help more victims, say researchers.

The Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-Based Violence (DASH) tool is used by police forces throughout the UK to assess risk of future domestic abuse.

But now research involving Cardiff and Swansea universities along with Dyfed-Powys police has been able to demonstrate that the DASH is an effective predictor of deadly domestic abuse although it could be improved to help victims and the frontline staff who use it.

Poor health is the primary reason why more than half of middle-aged workers in the United States retire earlier than planned, but state vocational rehabilitation agencies that provide career assistance to individuals with disabilities may be able to help potential retirees remain in the workforce longer, according to a study led by Allison Fleming, associate professor of education at Penn State.

The University of Texas at San Antonio announced a $30 million gift from the Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation to support The University of Texas at San Antonio School of Public Health, and UT System Board of Regents approval of the school's renaming to the Kate Marmion School of Public Health in honor of the daughter of Janey Briscoe Marmion and granddaughter of former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. and Janey Slaughter Briscoe.

In a new study, Cornell University researchers rewilded multiple cohorts of lab mice over two years and found that their fear response in a classic assay used to assess anxiety was reduced and even reversed after living in the field – even after a single week.

Americans overestimate online toxicity, believing 43% of Reddit users post severely toxic comments when only 3% actually do, and this misperception inculcates pessimism about society.