Can telemedicine and exercise apps improve the health of people with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease? A large study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that the positive effects are minimal. Study leader Prof. Martin Halle views the results as clear evidence of misplaced priorities in medical care. Direct care from medical professionals remains crucial.

A new study by Silent Spring Institute and University of California, Berkeley shows how California’s right-to-know law called Proposition 65 has prompted major retailers and manufacturers to remove toxic substances in their products in order to avoid having to warn people if their products could expose them to harmful amounts of a chemical that causes cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm.

Mesoamerica is today subject to considerable territorial and political transformations. A newly published book emerges from these deep entanglements to critically explore the region’s borderlands, remoteness, geopolitics and conservation.