This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Drug overdoses in the U.S. were already steadily increasing before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and are getting worse due to social isolation and the limits…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bryce Pardo, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Beau Kilmer explain why treating the fentanyl crisis like a drug epidemic will prove ineffective: users are not intentionally taking fentanyl. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a new study, many more Americans experience major depressive episodes than researchers previously thought. • What might be some underlying reasons for these higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Julie Swann, department head and professor of the industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina State University, explores why there should be urgency in preparing for COVID vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five comprehensive policy approaches that address the hurdles for maintaining maternal and child health in the opioid crisis. • Why is maternal and child…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicole Hassoun explains that COVID-19 treatments and vaccines distributed based on profit-motivation will not be sufficient to end the pandemic. • What role can you play in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bruce Y. Lee explains that if a COVID-19 vaccine is not sufficiently effective, under 70% or 80%, social distancing will still be necessary to end the pandemic. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Diana Duong explains that low-income countries still face at least five neglected tropical diseases at a time that limit the ability to attend school. · How…
Giving Compass’ Take: • CNN Senior Medical Correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen interviews infectious disease Anthony Fauci about vaccine development in the fight against COVID-19. • How can donors help contribute to awareness…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Generations United released a report chronicling how many children grow up in grandfamilies due to a parents’ substance abuse problems exacerbated by the opioid crisis. • How can philanthropists and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Preeti Kumar and Sakthivel Selvaraj look at what has been done well and what needs improvement in India’s COVID-19 response. • How can India’s COVID-19 response dictate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maria De Jesus, Associate Professor at the American University and Research Fellow at Center on Health, Risk, and Society, writes for Global Citizen on why she believes…