To combat growing concern that a small percentage of researchers continues to ignore standard research ethics, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the US recently released a report entitled “Fostering Integrity in Research”.
Every year since 1989, the World Health Organization has recognized May 31 as World No Tobacco Day. This year, the theme of World No Tobacco Day is "Tobacco – a threat to development." The WHO aims to highlight the threat that the tobacco industry poses to the health and economic well-being of the citizens of all countries.
While the transition of power in Washington, D.C., has sparked controversy and public protests, concerns are now being raised by academics and researchers that the upcoming 2018 United States Federal Budget will significantly cut government support for science research.
In 2015, Apple launched ResearchKit, an open-source data collection platform that allows scientists to study health-related data obtained directly from registered users of Apple’s iPhone. In March of 2017, researchers published the first study using data collected with this new platform.
