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    LGBTQ Health and Wellbeing: Identifying Gaps

    Funders for LGBTQ Issues May 20, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Funders for LGBTQ Issues lay out the health care and wellbeing gaps that affect the LGBTQ community. See strategies to address these gaps in part two of…

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    Why the Nicotine Industry Supports Raising the Legal Purchasing Age

    The Hill May 19, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The Hill, Jessie Hellmann discusses why the tobacco industry is supporting a higher purchasing age for their product. • Whether or not…

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    Ebola Outbreak in DRC Threatens to Escalate

    STAT News May 19, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from STAT News, Helen Branswell discusses the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the violent reactions of citizens.…

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    Food Policies: What Works, What Doesn’t

    FoodTank May 18, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this FoodTank story, Teresa O’Connor talks with Mondi Mason and other food policy experts about the obstacles to and importance of improving healthy food access.…

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    Can Medicaid Work Requirements Be Done Well?

    The Conversation May 18, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Simon F. Haeder explains that barriers to effective Medicaid work requirements including costs and burdens on recipients. • Are work requirements worth the cost and effort they…

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    Legal Limits on States’ Ability to Respond to Cases of Communicable Disease

    The Conversation May 18, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katherine Drabiak explains the limitations on states’ ability to respond to cases of communicable diseases like the ongoing measles outbreak.  • How can funders help states work…

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    5 Facts About the Measles Outbreak

    The Hill May 18, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nathaniel Weixel unpacks five essential facts about the ongoing measles outbreak in the United States.  • How can funders work to expand the use of the measles…

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    U.S. Fertility is Dropping, But You Don’t Have to Panic

    The Conversation May 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The CDC reported that U.S. fertility trends are dropping to a record low, and explores the possible reasons explaining the downward trend.  • The author mentions…

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    Lessons from Place-Based Philanthropy

    Giving Compass May 14, 2019

    Philanthropy is at a crossroads, looking inward and re-examining its role in fostering uneven power dynamics and perpetuating inequity. In an effort to level the playing field and give communities…

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    Countering Misinformation About Flu Vaccine Is Challenging

    The Conversation May 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This post from The Conversation lays out three strategies to help battle misperceptions over the flu vaccine: Educate people on the facts, bust myths and encourage…

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    Counties with More Trees and Shrubs Spend Less on Medicare, Study Finds

    University of Illinois News Bureau May 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to a new study from the University of Illinois, countries with more shrubery and forests have reduced Medicare and healthcare costs. · How does nature and…

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    California Approves Controversial Sex Ed Guidelines

    Governing Magazine May 10, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Sawsan Morrar reports on the contents of California’s controversial sex education guidelines which sparked fierce debate over what is necessary and appropriate.  • How can funders work…

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