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The spring of 2020 marked a change in how almost everyone conducted their personal and professional lives, both within science, technology, enginee...

The Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop on Septem...

Microbial threats, including endemic and emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, can cause not only substantial health consequen...

As climate has warmed over recent years, a new pattern of more frequent and more intense weather events has unfolded across the globe. Climate mode...

Indigenous communities experience higher risks for suicide compared to the general U.S. population, with suicide as the second-leading cause of dea...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 m...

Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) inform decisions on medical care during a large-scale crisis such as a pandemic or natural disaster, eliminating the...

The onset of COVID-19 pandemic and inundation of the U.S. health care system emphasized infrastructural and health professional education vulnerabi...

An estimated 10 percent of children in the United States are living with disabilities, including a disproportionate number of children living in po...

Wildfires in America are becoming larger, more frequent, and more destructive, driven by climate change and existing land management practices. Man...

On May 18-19, 2021, the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened...

The United States has long made substantial investments in clinical research with the goal of improving the health and well-being of our nation. Th...

The increase in prevalence and visibility of sexually gender diverse (SGD) populations illuminates the need for greater understanding of the ways i...

Investment and innovation in drug research and development (R&D) for highly prevalent chronic diseases has stalled in recent decades, despite h...

Millions of peopleinfants, children, adults, and their familiesare currently coping with serious illness in the United States. Efforts are intensif...

The Transportation Security Administration requested a study by the National Research Council (NRC) to establish the Committee on Airport Passenger...

Many different groups of people are subject to stereotypes. Positive stereotypes (e.g., older and wiser) may provide a benefit to the relevant grou...

Emerging techniques in data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, offer exciting opportunities for advancing scientifi...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a quadrennial review of its ...

Advances in materials science and engineering play a crucial role in supporting the U.S. economy and national security. To maintain its leading edg...

To derive statistics about crime to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approac...

Following a series of natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, that revealed shortcomings in the nation's ability to effectively alert popul...

Our ability to observe and forecast severe weather events has improved markedly over the past few decades. Forecasts of snow and ice storms, hurric...

Genomic applications are being integrated into a broad range of clinical and research activities at health care systems across the United States. T...

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The...

The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions a...

As of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and economic outco...

A great number of diverse microorganisms inhabit the human body and are collectively referred to as the human microbiome. Until recently, the role ...

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather informatio...

Millions of people in the United States live with serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a...

In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated 70.8 million people could be considered forced migrants, which is nearly doubl...

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather informatio...

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather informatio...

The Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure standing and planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death among adults in the United States after heart disease. However, improvements in cancer treatment and ea...

Digital health encompasses a broad array of tools and strategies with the goals of advancing research, increasing health care access and quality, a...

From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to dest...

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult populatio...

On December 3, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop, hosted by New York University (NYU) Langone...

As the largest generation in U.S. history - the population born in the two decades immediately following World War II - enters the age of risk for ...

The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in ...

Federal laboratories play a unique role in the U.S. economy. Research and development conducted at these labs has contributed to the advancement or...

Commercially significant amounts of crude oil and natural gas lie under the continental shelf of the United States. Advances in locating deposits, ...

Careers in science, engineering, and medicine offer opportunities to advance knowledge, contribute to the well-being of communities, and support th...

To better understand the inequalities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth and the promising interventions being use...

Since 2004, the U.S. government has supported the global response to HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The ...