The United States spends an enormous amount on health care, yet health outcomes have been declining for years. University of Kansas researchers have published a study that found communities with high levels of social infrastructure, especially in the arts, had better health outcomes. The findings add to the literature of determinants of health, such as where a person lives, what they do for work and other factors and suggest investing in community arts and livelihood is good for a city's long-term health.

ICT can fulfil three roles: a way for inmates to maintain links with their support network, a training tool, and a means to acquire the digital skills they need for reintegration.

With the final round of UN negotiations on a global plastics treaty fast approaching, a group of over 60 leading scientists from around the world has issued an urgent call for governments to agree on ambitious, enforceable action to tackle plastic pollution, such as reducing plastic production and prioritising human health. 

The letters, published today in Cambridge University Press journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics in the run-up to the resumed session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), warn that the plastics crisis has become a defining environmental, health, and social justice issue of our time.