This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. These are not the same thing. And…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Covid-19 reminded the world just how crucial effective communication is in a crisis. Public health communicators have been on the front lines of the pandemic for nearly two years, wrestling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a new study, researchers did not observe the benefits of physical activity on brain volume and health when the environment had higher levels of polluted air. The study of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over a five-year period, 24% of pregnant and postpartum women in a study reported unmet health care needs due to cost; 60% reported health care unaffordability. “Our study suggests that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From record-breaking heat waves to massive wildfires, floods and long-running drought, the impacts of climate change across the U.S. have been impossible to ignore in 2021. While conditions vary from…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shares fifty years of progress and learning on advancing women’s reproductive health and rights globally and lays out the work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early in November 2020, conflict broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and refugees started fleeing in their masses to neighbouring Sudan. The journey requires crossing up to 350 km…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center and a coalition of nine foundations and public health associations outlines the critical investments needed to modernize the U.S. public health system in the wake…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., over 6 million children had ongoing asthma in 2016. Globally, asthma kills around 1,000 people every day – and its prevalence is rising. This condition has a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As winter begins and the holidays are in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered another worrying phase. Emergence of the omicron variant, along with increasing rates of infections, have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Asphalt is a near-ubiquitous substance—it’s found in roads, on roofs, and in driveways—but its chemical emissions rarely figure into urban air quality management plans. Common road and roofing asphalts produce…
What does it mean to “trust in science”? Which messages have we chosen to trust in the age of COVID-19? How have we sourced these messages, and how have evolving…