As politicians grapple with whether to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, are they considering how health insurance can affect social cohesion? New research reveals that if you are uninsured and live in a community of other uninsureds, you are more likely to be disconnected from other people and to trust your neighbors less. The reverse is true for those who live in communities of insured people. There is, writes Tara McKay, an assistant professor of medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University, “a social cost for communities that carry a larger burden of uninsured.”

Now that Donald Trump is president, the Tweeter-in-chief has had to give up his beloved Android phone. But can its replacement really be secure enough to handle sensitive information? Cybersecurity scholar Anupam Joshi from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County explains.

And in a busy first week for the Trump administration, we offer a collection of articles from our archive that explain what the new FCC head means for net neutrality and how Trump’s moves to undo global trade pacts reflect the growing discontent with free trade and globalization.