The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is a big deal. It's a global agreement to fight against the harmful effects of tobacco. It began with a simple idea: to protect people from the dangers of tobacco. This idea grew into a worldwide movement. The WHO, or World Health Organization, led the way
Messages matter when it comes to social equity. Researchers wanted to see if telling people about racial disparities in child tax credit (CTC) policies might actually hurt support for these policies. They did two experiments, one with a big bunch of people from Prolific and another with an even bigg
President Biden criticized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to replace Facebook's factchecking program with community notes. The outgoing president called the move "really shameful, " arguing it goes against American values of truth and justice. Zuckerberg, on the other hand, believes factcheckin
Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US has fact-checking journalists worried. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has been funding fact-checking organizations for years. These groups check the accuracy of posts and can reduce the reach of fal
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease that affects multiple organs in the body. Scientists decided to take a closer look at how this condition damages organs over time. They used a special tool called the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index (SCTC-DI) to measure the cumulative
Metastasis, or cancer spreading to other parts of the body, remains a major challenge in treatment. This happens when cancer cells break away from the primary tumor and travel through the bloodstream or lymphatic system. These wandering cancer cells are called circulating tumor cells (CTCs). High nu
