Rapid and urgent action on food is needed if the UK is to reboot its flagging economy, save the NHS billions, ensure national food security, and meet climate commitments, according to a new report.

The Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, calls for radical transformation, at a scale and pace not seen since the Second World War. It says if we do not act now, change will be forced upon us by increasing pressures and the UK will lurch from crisis to crisis, including from food price shocks, climate disasters and weakening economic productivity.

Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. The findings should prompt policy-makers of all political stripes to step up efforts to improve public health and tackle health inequalities, suggest the researchers.

Critical Path Institute announced it has been selected to receive the 2025 Innovation Award by Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, part of the Foundation’s Innovations in Regulatory Science & Policy Awards. The Foundation will recognize this year’s honorees on December 9, 2025, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The NCAA has awarded one of its four 2025 Graduate Student Research grants to support the dissertation research of doctoral student Jada Crocker (PhD in education candidate), who is exploring the academic advising experiences of Black/African American student-athletes at Minority Serving Institutions. As the lead researcher, Crocker is conducting in-depth interviews with participants to gain insights into the unique challenges and opportunities faced by these student-athletes at Division I institutions. This research aims to inform policy and practice by identifying barriers to success, promoting tailored support services, and encouraging inclusive practices that enhance student success and persistence.

Medications commonly prescribed to ease dementia symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, and delirium — benzodiazepines and antipsychotics — may carry major unintended risks for people with dementia receiving hospice care, a new study finds.

Bonnie Johnson, a public affairs researcher at the University of Kansas, conducted a study examining ways to improve public planning commission staff reports. She found that changing the way the reports are produced and presented led planning commissions and their staff to discussing why they do their jobs the way they do. This group reflective practice is common in professions like social work, nursing and teaching, but rare in public service. Teaching the practice and adopting it in the public sphere could both improve services and reduce stress among officials, the author argues.