This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Neela Banerjee discusses the new report that links air pollution exposure to hospitalization, and the Trump administration’s new policy that would suppress the use of scientific…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent study has shown that in spite of national standards, most states lack important prison policies on prenatal care and nutrition for pregnant women. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A team at the University of Massachusetts Boston examined the financial well-being of Americans who are 65 and older, to better understand their hardships. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen asked chief medical officer of GSK Vaccines, Thomas Breuer, what people can do to combat vaccine misinformation. • Breuer says that “the anti-vax movement is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin is facing several lawsuits due to its role in creating the opioid crisis. It recently declared bankruptcy and may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melissa Walls, a member of the Ojibwe tribe, shares her understanding of the health gaps and inequities that Native American communities have faced for many years. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alan Barreca, Professor of Environmental Economics at UCLA, believes that higher temperatures caused by climate change are causing pregnant women to deliver their babies earlier. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers at the University of Michigan in Detroit are probing connections between health outcomes and how communities tweet about food. • How do these tweets correlate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael L. Millenson at The Conversation discusses how the U.S. is nowhere near the goal, set 20 years ago, of cutting medical errors in half, however,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Growing protests in Chile over inequality have turned violent, leaving a number protestors harmed. In the midst of all the chaos, Naomi Larsson reports that a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Recent news of a mysterious lung disease related to vaping has many concerned around the country. Here, Allison Kurti takes a look at the different types of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David G. Armstrong explains how advances in technology and care for diabetic foot wounds are reducing amputations and saving lives. • How can funders best support improvements…