Author: National Academies of Sciences

The mental health and well-being of health professionals is a topic that is broad, exceptionally relevant, and urgent to address. It is both a loca...

Continuing education, continuing professional development, and high-value continuing professional development exist along a continuum. Continuing e...

Industrial stormwater is derived from precipitation and/or runoff that comes in contact with industrial manufacturing, processing, storage, or mate...

An accurate measure of poverty is necessary to fully understand how the economy is performing across all segments of the population and to assess t...

The field of health literacy has evolved from early efforts that focused on individuals to its current recognition that health literacy is a multid...

The assessment of risk is complex and often controversial. It is derived from the existence of a hazard, and it is characterized by the uncertainty...

Every community is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). Causes as diverse as falls, sports injuries, vehicle collisions, domestic violence, an...

The United States possesses a treasure-trove of extraterrestrial samples that were returned to Earth via space missions over the past four decades....

An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic...

We live in a time of extraordinary discovery and progress in astronomy and astrophysics. The next decade will transform our understanding of the un...

Building communication capacity is a critical piece of preparing for, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats. The International He...

As of 2021, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached historically unprecedented levels, higher than at any time in the past 800,000 years. W...

More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emot...

Research shows that that children learn science and engineering subjects best by engaging from an early age in the kinds of practices used by real ...

The National Academies Forum on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) hosted a hybrid public workshop in May 2023 to explore what is needed to better serve ...