A recent study led by Judit Simon from the Department of Health Economics, Center for Public Health, at the Medical University of Vienna shows for the first time comprehensively the extent to which people with mental disorders suffer from physical illnesses – and the resulting hospital costs. The analysis of data from 32 European countries, published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, shows that the inpatient and emergency treatment of physical comorbidities in alcohol use disorders, depression, bipolar disorders and schizophrenia accounted for a total of around 30.5 billion euros in additional annual hospital costs in Europe in 2019.

Conducted by global analytics firm Lightcast, the study quantifies the University of Kansas' annual statewide impact at $7.8 billion. This includes KU activity in operations, construction and research, as well as the expenditures of KU startup companies, visitors, students and alumni. This activity supports 1 in every 23 jobs in Kansas. For context, if KU by itself were its own industry sector, it would be the 10th-largest sector in Kansas.

New research from the University of Notre Dame takes a first look at how workplace safety is affected by female board representation, finding there are fewer accidents and injuries on the job when boards have more women.

New research from RMIT University and End Food Waste Australia reveals confusing food labels are driving Australians to throw away perfectly edible food, costing households money and contributing to the nation’s food waste problem.

The European Union’s industrial strategy, centred on Single Market Resilience, Strategic Autonomy, and Competitive Sustainability, is riddled with contradictions that risk exacerbating the very crises it seeks to address. According to a recent study by the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), the EU’s current industrial policy will not achieve its own objectives unless it is fundamentally rethought.