Safety concerns biggest barrier to vaccination for parents
Most vaccine-hesitant parents aren't opposed to vaccination but simply desire to protect their children from all harms, according to a review.
Jun 10, 2026
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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation: News and Research on Delivery of Health Care
MeSH tree: N05.300
Medication burden and weight loss linked to fracture, fall risk in older adults
With an aging population now an irrefutable reality in Japan, concerns about the health and well-being of older adults have come to the forefront of public health dialogue. Older adults are especially at risk for fragility ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Testing AI against public health's existing tools shows mixed results
A new Penn-led randomized controlled trial has found that AI-powered chatbots can make vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they will immunize their children against human papillomavirus (HPV), but no more than standard ...
Jun 8, 2026
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To curb overprescribing for seniors, researchers urge annual prescription checkups
To address the growing problem of overprescribing for seniors, a new Canadian guideline is calling for routine medication reviews. In Canada, roughly two in three adults age 65 or older take five or more medications. While ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Guide contains quality standards for routinely collected health data in research
International guidelines on the use of routinely collected data set new quality standards—The increasing availability of routinely collected health data, which is increasingly being used for research purposes, opens up numerous ...
Jun 2, 2026
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6G networks will improve network utilization in telemedicine
Telemedicine, continuous monitoring and remote procedures are becoming increasingly important in medicine. For these to operate seamlessly in everyday clinical practice, data must be transmitted quickly, reliably and without ...
Jun 2, 2026
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How a remarkable trial on bedrest during the Korean War led to evidence‑based medicine
In 1959, a young doctor named David Sackett stumbled on a clinical trial that would change his life—and most of ours. The study showed that conventional wisdom on bed rest in medicine was wrong. And it helped lead Sackett ...
May 30, 2026
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Rural health research could bypass RCT hurdles with real-world data, paper says
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are challenging to conduct in rural areas, however, a new Griffith University study examined how high-quality research could be conducted when RCTs were not possible.
May 28, 2026
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Health worker training program to improve vaccine communication leads to spinout social enterprise
A training initiative to improve UK health workers' vaccine conversations is proving so successful that a University of Bristol-led spinout has been created to continue the important work. Generating more informed, empathetic ...
May 28, 2026
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Cheaper, alternative health plans are having a moment, but critics urge caution
When Melanie Miller saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.
May 27, 2026
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