A focus on how we engage with social media—not just how long we spend on it—is key to analyzing the impact on mental health, a new study warns.

New modeling led by interdisciplinary scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) could help public health officials better factor in the long-term impacts of infectious disease when determining optimal vaccine coverage rates.

New research co-authored by Justin Anker, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota Medical School is the largest survey of mental health among actively licensed lawyers to date and provides the first large-scale measurement of work-related burnout in the legal profession.

Pain may not increase linearly with age, with the sharpest rises occurring before age 55, according to a global analysis of more than 6 million people published in Nature Medicine. The findings could help researchers compare pain across populations and improve global pain monitoring and prevention.

Researchers from Kennedy Krieger Institute, University of Rochester Medicine and five other institutions released a new publication detailing how master protocol trials could change the future of rare disease research. Using master protocol trials to research rare conditions could decrease costs, improve testing efficiency and capacity, and expedite the delivery of treatments to those facing a rare disease diagnosis.