Tobacco use - responsible for more than 70,000 deaths each year in Italy and over eight million worldwide - must be regarded as a genuine epidemic that demands every effective means of intervention. The Alliance for a Tobacco-Free Italy invites everyone to endorse its Manifesto, which outlines scientifically proven measures to combat smoking, and denounces the inertia of governments that has allowed the tobacco industry to expand its market with misleading and harmful products. [...]

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For the first victims of the Gaza massacre - girls and boys - peace is even hard to imagine. The rhetoric of war is widespread and comes easily. Precisely for this reason, communication and education efforts must focus on building a “rhetoric of peace”: one made of words capable of describing it and envisioning it, words that are just as compelling and, above all, real. [...]

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Working for peace is urgent, as the Pope’s very first words also made clear. On Tuesday, 13 May 2025, a meeting on how to promote a culture of peace was held in Rome and streamed live. The discussion was coordinated by Eva Benelli and introduced by Fiorella Leone. Participants included Maurizio Bonati, physician and essayist; Angelo Stefanini, volunteer physician with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund; and Claudio Tosi, trainer. [...]

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Eva Benelli speaks with Arturo Marzano, Professor of History and Institutions of Asia at the University of Pisa and author of the recent book This Land Has Always Been Ours. The discussion takes the form of a genuine fact-checking exercise, in which commonly held assumptions and often distorted narratives that shape understandings of the history of Palestine and Israel are tested against the facts. The conversation also examines the role of Western powers in the conflict and explores possible solutions. [...]

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Il 14 agosto 2024 l’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) ha dichiarato per Mpox lo stato di emergenza sanitaria pubblica di rilevanza internazionale (Public Health Emergency of International Concern, PHEIC). Si tratta del livello di allerta massima nel Regolamento Sanitario Internazionale, da attivare qualora si intraveda un rischio per la salute pubblica a causa di una diffusione internazionale della malattia che potrebbe richiedere una risposta mondiale coordinata. [...]

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Il nuovo corso di formazione "Comunicare la scienza", istituito dalla FONDAZIONE UNIBS in collaborazione con SMAE Università degli Studi di Brescia e patrocinata dall'INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare nasce con l'obiettivo di formare professionisti in grado di comunicare la scienza e le innovazioni tecnologiche a un pubblico vasto e diversificato in modo efficace e accessibile, integrando diverse modalità di diffusione dell'informazione. [...]

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Il Consiglio Nazionale dell'Ordine dei Giornalisti (CNOG) ha rinnovato l'autorizzazione allo svolgimento dell'attività di formazione continua per giornalisti professionisti e pubblicisti fino al 2027. Zadig, quindi, oltre a essere provider nazionale ECM (ID 103) si riconferma anche come provider nazionale  per i giornalisti. [...]

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