By Amnesty International
FIFA’s current crisis spotlights the need for governance reforms and transparent systems to protect human rights, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. Though Gianni Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal has been rightly withdrawn, the growing calls for further measures should also address the deeper human rights crisis that, if ignored, risks yet another […] The post FIFA: Governance Crisis Reveals Urgent Need for Rights Reform appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Elizabeth Squirell, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Queen's University, Ontario
Historically, women with inflammatory bowel disease were advised against pregnancy. Current evidence shows modern medication use in pregnancy leads to best outcomes for mother and infant.
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By Li Li, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
From COVID-19 vaccines to Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, using mRNA as medicine has shown promise. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers need to identify the right diseases to treat.
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Thursday, August 6, 2026
Gangs in Haiti continue to terrorize communities with the “wanton, intentional infliction of incredible pain” on people who often are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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By Jessica Griffin, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Peditrics, UMass Chan Medical School
If you’ve followed mental health topics on TikTok or Instagram lately, you have probably heard the term emotional regulation. But emotional regulation isn’t just a trendy buzzword. It’s a nuanced concept that psychologists like me have been studying for decades.
At its core, emotional regulation is how well someone can manage their emotions – whether positive ones like excitement and joy, or negative or more uncomfortable ones like jealousy and anger.
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By Amelia B. Finaret, Associate Professor of Business and Economics and Nutrition, Allegheny College
Nearly 14,000 people in one Pittsburgh-area county could lose a benefit that’s long been considered one of the country’s most effective anti-poverty tools.
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By Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S.
These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps.
I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks, car crash…
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By Ashley Bosa, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Resilience Institute at Boise State University, Boise State University
Evacuations in the face of a wildfire, hurricane or other disaster are stressful and can take more time than you might expect. Here’s why practice helps and what to think about.
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By Evan Clarkson, Assistant Professor, experimental psychology, Utah Valley University
A psychologist explains why dark political humor doesn’t prove young people are nihilistic, but rather reveals what happens when moral seriousness no longer feels credible.
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By Bailey Sincox, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Some critics have bemoaned the flattening of a complex character. But Nolan’s film echoes a literary tradition of reimagining Circe as a survivor, a truth-teller and a figure of female empowerment.
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