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With the acute stage of COVID-19 behind us, reflection can inform future preparedness. During the pandemic, behavioural and social sciences often studied human behaviour through the lens of alignment with public health recommendations, implicitly treating concern and compliance as desirable and rational. While understandable, this emphasis was relatively narrow. Uncertainty, uneven risk distribution and competing…

Clinical predictors such as maternal age and ovarian reserve are well-established determinants of IVF success.1 Increasing evidence suggests that environmental and lifestyle exposures also influence reproductive outcomes; however, these factors remain insufficiently investigated in low- and middle-income countries.2,3 In Lebanon, reproductive research has historically focused on maternal and child health, with limited attention paid to…

July 23, 2026 – Scientists have long sought to understand why some people with no known risk factors develop cancer while others with significant risk never do. The answer may lie in immune proteins known as autoantibodies (auto-Abs), suggests a commentary in Cell co-authored by a team that includes Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., Ph.D., Professor in the Center…

As global populations age, maintaining brain health has become an increasing focus of both researchers and consumers. A recently published scientific review highlights the growing importance of sleep quality in supporting the brain’s natural vasculoprotective capacity and tocotrienols (a potent member of the vitamin E family) as a promising nutritional candidate for supporting pathways associated…