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Analyzes of the scientific evidence led doctors to recommend that babies sleep on their backs.Credit: Yamaguchi Haruyoshi/Corbis/Getty Beyond Credibility: How Evidence Shows What Really Works Helen Pearson Princeton University. Press (2026) Consolidating the use of evidence in health and public policy has required decades of challenging work. Fifty years ago, doctors used to think that
Curacao’s team doctor hands out ice jackets to help players cool down during a 2026 men’s soccer World Cup match in Kansas City, Missouri.Credit: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Twice a match, the 2026 World Cup pauses. Drinks appear, ads go up, and fans boo. Football’s governing body FIFA says these ‘hydration breaks’ are aimed at the
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the bivalent vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, allowing people 65 and older and certain people with weakened immunity to receive additional doses ahead of vaccination campaigns this fall. The bivalent vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna carry instructions
Passengers disembarked from the MV Hondius at the Canary Islands wearing personal protective equipment.Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Close to 150 passengers and crew members on the cruise ship MV Hondius struck by an outbreak of a deadly hantavirus have disembarked and are returning to their home countries, where they will quarantine. The way that will happen,
You have full access to this article via your institution. Global engagement in highlighting and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is crucial to their success.Credit: Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Towards the end of next month, the United Nations will publish one of its most important reports this year. Its High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP, appointed