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Sentiments toward COVID-19 vaccines, whether positive or negative, previews subsequent vaccination rates, finds a study of related Twitter posts.

NYU research at Barclays Center explores impact of temporary soft-drink size limits

Neoliberalism has resulted in both preference and support for greater income inequality over the past 25 years, shows a new study by a team of psychology researchers.

Four New York University faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Fedor A. Bogomolov, Paul DiMaggio, Benjamin G. Neel, and Michael J. Shelley.

New York University historians Nicole Eustace and Ada Ferrer have each been awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in History for their respective works—Eustace’s "Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America" and Ferrer’s "Cuba: An American History".

Labeling the credibility of information sources does not shift the consumption of news away from low-quality sources or reduce belief in inaccurate claims, but providing an indicator of sources’ quality may improve the news diet quality for some.

Those who feel certain about what the future of the COVID-19 pandemic would entail are more likely to both ignore medical experts and to adhere to conspiracy theories while those who were certain about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election were more likely to contend that it was rigged.

Radiologists and artificial intelligence systems yield significant differences in breast-cancer screenings, revealing the potential value of using both human and AI methods in making medical diagnoses.

In rural communities, structural and community factors during the pandemic have increased anxiety, depression, and loneliness and altered drug use behaviors

A team of researchers sheds additional light on the machinations that ensure we don’t look away from where we are reaching.