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    USPS Network Changes Put Prescription Drug Access for Vulnerable Populations at Risk

    Brookings Dec 24, 2025

    Mail-order pharmacies are a cornerstone of the nation’s prescription delivery network, particularly for chronic conditions that require consistent access to medication. By eliminating travel barriers and providing longer-fill prescriptions—usually 60-…

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    How Food Access in Grocery Stores Impacts Trends in Public Health

    Food Tank Dec 24, 2025

    At Instacart, our mission is simple: to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. For too many families,…

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    How State Psychiatric Hospitals Became Overflow Jails

    The Marshall Project Dec 23, 2025

    Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed in a state psychiatric hospital. “That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III…

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    Investing in Planetary Health Would Result in Fewer Deaths, Less Poverty, and a Higher GDP, Report Shows

    Eco-Business Dec 18, 2025

    The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in planetary health, meaning a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet, can…

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    Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Advocate for Advanced Nursing to Count as a Professional Degree

    Higher Ed Dive Dec 18, 2025

    A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advocating for the U.S. Department of Education to classify graduate nursing degrees as “professional degrees” in response to potential regulatory language that would place…

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    Mental Health First Aid Training Empowers Rural Residents to Address the Rural Mental Health Crisis

    The Daily Yonder Dec 11, 2025

    While rural residents are facing a growing mental health crisis, an initiative to direct them to the help they need is seeing success across the country. The National Council for…

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    Youth in Kenyan Refugee Camps Advocate for Clean Air and Reforestation

    TriplePundit Dec 10, 2025

    In a dusty, unpaved school compound at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya, Umutoni and her classmates use waste paper to make briquettes for cooking. Nearby, other boys and…

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    Should Learning Be Made as Addictive as TikTok? Here’s What the Research Says

    EdSurge Dec 10, 2025

    It’s 2005, and the computer room has been vibrating for two hours straight, my fingers gliding across the keyboard copying HTML and Java code while jamming to the latest R&B…

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  • Philanthropic Collaboration Is More Important Than Ever Amidst International Aid Cuts

    The Bridgespan Group Dec 9, 2025

    As international aid falters, communities across the Global South face devastating consequences—clinics shuttered, teachers unpaid, and millions of lives expected to be lost. Amid this crisis, philanthropic collaboration has never…

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    The Vital Role of Civic Data Equity in Promoting Public Health and Well-Being

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Dec 9, 2025

    Imagine trying to navigate an unfamiliar city with a broken compass. The needle appears steady and reliable, instilling confidence in each turn you take. But unbeknownst to you, every step…

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    Confinement Hog Farms Contaminate Drinking Water and Worsen Soil Health in Iowa

    Food Tank Dec 2, 2025

    Iowa has the second-highest rate of cancer incidence in the United States, according to the Iowa Cancer Registry. The state is one of only a few in the country with a…

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  • Building Dialogue and Co-Creation Into the Grantmaking Process

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Dec 2, 2025

    This post is the last of a three-part blog series that builds on the findings of a recent CEP publication, Partnering for Progress: Grantee Recommendations for Europe-Based Funders. The report examines…

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