An NIH-funded scientific team has shown that a new brain-computer interface (BCI) can allow people with vocal tract and bodily paralysis to convey both speech and upper-body gestures simultaneously. While BCIs have facilitated one or the other in the past, this new system is the first to enable both modes of communication at once, more closely replicating natural expression.

State funding for suicide prevention and mental health crises services has increased over the past five years but varies across the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health.