How vaccine skeptics use storytelling effectively to create powerful but medically inaccurate messaging
As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who doubted their science and safety.
Jul 27, 2026
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms: News and Research on Health Behavior
MeSH tree: F01.145.488
Obesity more likely for immigrants with longer duration of U.S. residence
Hispanic and Asian adults with longer durations of U.S. residence have a higher prevalence of obesity, according to a research letter published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Jul 22, 2026
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Antivaccine legislation is rising rapidly in US states, driven primarily by GOP push
Despite overwhelming evidence of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic and has fueled skepticism toward other lifesaving vaccines for children, adults and ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Language barriers between health care workers and patients affect care quality
Language barriers are a recurring reality in clinical practice in public health care centers across Catalonia. They negatively affect the relationship between health care personnel and patients who are not fluent in any of ...
Jun 22, 2026
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Why don't some people get vaccinated? It's more complicated than you think
When vaccination rates drop—as is the case with adult influenza vaccinations in Canada and child measles vaccinations in British Columbia—the explanation is often that people are "hesitant."
Jun 19, 2026
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Rural areas lag behind in cancer treatment and prevention
Cancer in the United States experienced a dramatic turnaround in 1991. Prior to that year, cancer deaths had been increasing for decades, peaking at 215 deaths per 100,000 people, meaning about 1 in 4 deaths were attributed ...
Jun 17, 2026
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Seeking health information does not automatically improve health behavior, says researcher
People are increasingly seeking health information online in Estonia, but the information they find is not leading to better health decisions. The concern is not a lack of information but people's digital literacy and ability ...
Jun 15, 2026
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New scale measures mental-health-promoting behavior
Nearly one in three adults in Denmark score high on the stress scale, and more than one in 10 feel lonely. This is shown by the large survey The National Health Profile 2025. There is good reason to pay attention to the mental ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Novel electronic health record-based marker can identify at-risk transplant patients and reduce organ rejection
A new multicenter study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that a novel electronic health record-based marker can help clinicians identify transplant patients at high risk for organ ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Inflation Reduction Act's out-of-pocket cap lowered insulin costs, improved usage for some patients
The Inflation Reduction Act's attempt to improve insulin costs for Medicare beneficiaries—by capping out-of-pocket costs at $35—was associated with lower out-of-pocket costs and increased insulin use, but only for a small ...
Jun 14, 2026
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