This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers identified substantial biological differences among cognitively defined subgroups of Alzheimer’s patients, which scientists think will help create a precision medicine approach to treat the disease. •…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Tiny Spark podcast, experts explore how a toxic culture damaged the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have been instrumental in malaria elimination. And between 2013 and 2016, WHO collaborated with PSI and a consortium of malaria experts to create…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are critical takeaways from the UN report on superbugs that address the global health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). • The author mentions that collaboration between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Norman Paradis, writing for The Conversation, explains the factors contributing to the slow progress in finding a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease. • How can donors fund research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Reducing the global burden of disease will require individuals to shift their diet to protective foods, and start on a food plan that is “minimum risk.”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rajesh Balkrishnan discusses his experience as an epidemiologist in rural Appalachia where he sees patients survive breast cancer only to die because of opioids. • How can funders help to increase healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kenneth S. Kosik explains how early research suggests that a drug currently used in cancer treatment has potential as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rice University students and researchers developed a high quality, non-invasive monitoring system that can detect t signs of high intracranial pressure. • How will this new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Fred Hutch story, Sabrina Richards discusses recent research into a key influenza protein that allows humans to catch bird flu. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Fred Hutch, author Sabrina Richards discusses how a twenty-five-year-old blood sample may be the key to perfecting the HIV vaccine. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Igoe reports that in March 2018 David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, took a more aggressive approach to global hunger. • How can funders work with…