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  • Placework: How Unassuming Places Shape Our Sense of Community

    Shareable Nov 21, 2025

    Where would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood? In her recent book, The Cities We Need (MIT Press), photographer and urbanist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani introduces us to…

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    What Does the Path Forward Look Like for Global Health Philanthropy?

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Nov 20, 2025

    Since January 2025, government cuts to international development assistance have closed clinics, cut jobs, and left communities without care, underscoring the need for global health philanthropy to step up. The toll…

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    Most Americans Are Confident in the Effectiveness of Childhood Vaccines, Survey Shows

    The 19th Nov 18, 2025

    Although a majority of Americans are confident that childhood vaccines are highly effective against serious illness, Republicans’ trust in the effectiveness of childhood vaccines and support of school requirements is…

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    Reorienting Homelessness Services Towards Outcomes

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Nov 4, 2025

    What is not working about the US response to homelessness? Every year, cities spend more on services, but homelessness is on the rise and public frustration with the status quo…

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    Policy Interventions to Increase Participation and Retention in Addiction Treatment

    Brookings Oct 30, 2025

    Improving the quality and accessibility of addiction treatment for all is not getting the same level of attention as a policy strategy, but clearly merits it.

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    Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging the Mental Health Funding Gap

    Medscape Oct 24, 2025

    New barriers to mental health care arose after wide grant cancellations at the NIH and NSF. To keep research and funding from grinding to a halt, some foundations and nonprofits are joining forces.

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    Scaling Mobile Health Care to Improve Preventative Care Access

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 21, 2025

    Scaling mobile health care can address long-standing health-care system distribution and prevention problems in the United States that cost people their lives.

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    National Summit on Period Poverty Drives Systemic Change Towards Access and Equity

    PR Newswire Oct 21, 2025

    /PRNewswire/ — The Second National Summit on Period Poverty, hosted by Dignity Grows at Emory University’s Hatchery Center for Innovation, is bringing…

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    How One Doctor’s Refusal to Approve a Harmful Drug Shaped Medical History

    The 19th Oct 21, 2025

    As federal workers face mass layoffs and a government shutdown, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey’s story is a reminder of what public servants can do when they stand their ground.

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    How New Foreign Worker Visa Fees Might Worsen Doctor Shortages in Rural America

    The Conversation Oct 16, 2025

    Foreign-born doctors account for 1 in 5 physicians in the US – and they often practice in regions where the physician shortage is most severe.

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    Improving Reproductive Health in Rural Pakistan

    PSI Oct 14, 2025

    Through Business in a Box, PSI Pakistan is advancing a community-led, sustainable approach to family planning—one where rural women are not beneficiaries, but builders of change.

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  • Climate Change and Mental Health in Kenya

    WTOP Oct 13, 2025

    KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of……

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