This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, warning labels can keep consumers from choosing sugary drinks like soda, with graphics having the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, especially young children. It’s also exceptionally dangerous to another at-risk group: pregnant women. Researchers have estimated that 10 to 20 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hydraulic fracturing has boomed in the U.S. over the past decade, but unless you live near it, you may not realize just how close fracking wells can be to homes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the United States settles into fall, fears that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen are coming true. Infection rates have spiked in the midwest and Great Plains. There’s a resurgence of COVID-19 in several neighborhoods in New York City,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women hold two-thirds of the jobs in the harshest category of work, according to new report on Washington workers during the pandemic. The researchers looked at data on demographics, working…
Rural areas are seeing some of the fastest spread of the COVID-19 in the U.S., taxing already stressed rural health care systems. Researchers Tanisa Adimu and Amanda Phillips Martinez head…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in integrated health-wealth strategies that benefit families and children provide the greatest opportunity to set the conditions for children, regardless of race, gender, and zip code, to thrive now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Complex, uncertain and volatile. These words only begin to describe our world today. The pandemic flipped lives upside down, compromising the physical health of over six million people—disproportionately Black, Indigenous and People of Color—and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the outskirts of Rantoul, in east-central Illinois, about 100 migrant farmworkers are living at an old hotel in a sleepy part of town. Every day at the crack of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Those low oxygen levels can irreparably damage vital organs if gone undetected for too long. More than six months since COVID-19 began spreading in the US, scientists are still solving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This fall hasn’t felt much like “back to school” for many children. Instead, many are staying at home and attending virtual classes indefinitely. According to the Center on Reinventing Public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia Deaths from dementia during the summer of 2020 are nearly 20% higher than the number of dementia-related deaths during that time in previous years, and…