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Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Nov-2025 14:11 ET (19-Nov-2025 19:11 GMT/UTC)

17-Sep-2025

Study recommends integrated risk assessment for zoonotic and vector-borne diseases

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A summary of published studies on the risk of emerging diseases shows that only 7.4% simultaneously consider hazard, exposure, and vulnerability to infection. These three components are essential for reliably and accurately assessing the risk of these diseases in the context of environmental change.

Journal: One Earth
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

17-Sep-2025

Adverse event profiles following HPV vaccination in males

FAR Publishing Limited
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study presents the first systematic safety evaluation of Gardasil 9 and Gardasil in male recipients, addressing a key evidence gap. Gardasil 9 showed a potentially more favourable safety profile than Gardasil. These findings may strengthen confidence among the public and providers, inform clinical and policy decisions, and support global immunization efforts. Identified positive AEFIs warrant prospective validation to determine their clinical significance.

17-Sep-2025

AACR Cancer Progress Report highlights lifesaving impact of federal investments in cancer research

American Association for Cancer Research
Reports and Proceedings

Today, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released the 15th edition of its annual Cancer Progress Report. A cornerstone of the AACR’s educational and advocacy efforts, this comprehensive report provides the latest statistics on cancer incidence, mortality, and survivorship and highlights how federal investments in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research and cancer-related population sciences have led to impressive scientific advances that are improving health and saving lives.

16-Sep-2025

Kids less likely to be expelled from preschool when parents cooperate with teacher, study shows

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children who are expelled from preschool are subsequently more likely to experience academic failure and enter what scientists and advocates call the “cradle-to-prison pipeline,” meaning that these children tend to follow a trajectory away from school and toward the criminal justice system. Preschool expulsion may be less likely, however, if a teacher perceives parents to be cooperative during discussions about the child’s challenging behavior, according to a study published in Prevention Science by Drs. Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, Rechele Brooks and Andrew Meltzoff.

Journal: Prevention Science

16-Sep-2025

Novel philosophical framework rethinks the ethics of disability

Hiroshima University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Japanese scholars submit a nuanced view linking diverse disability experiences

Journal: Bioethics
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Osaka University, Hitachi Global Foundation, Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education

16-Sep-2025

Scientists call for a global alliance to place biodiversity at the heart of the UN Pact for the Future

Pensoft Publishers
Reports and Proceedings

A new white paper: “From Knowledge to Solutions: Science, Technology and Innovation in Support of the UN SDGs”, published in the open-science scholarly journal Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO), brings together leading voices from Europe’s biodiversity and data science communities to deliver a clear message: protecting biodiversity is not just an environmental issue. It is essential for food security, public health, climate stability, and the global economy. The authors make a call for a decisive shift: from fragmented initiatives to a holistic, global approach to biodiversity research and policy.

Journal: Research Ideas and Outcomes

16-Sep-2025

Justice is being lost in translation – Surrey researchers build AI to fix this problem

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Millions of words spoken in the UK’s highest court risk being misunderstood, misquoted or simply missed because transcribing them accurately is too difficult and too expensive, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Journal: Applied Sciences