This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Reid Wilson, writing for The Hill, reports on the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are now more than 1,000 reported cases. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The Hill, author Jessie Hellmann discusses recent data out of the CDC which suggests that the vast majority of the spreading of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In collaboration with VICE, The Marshall Project tells the story of a female inmate in Texas who struggled with the prison system to receive treatment for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Vox, author Julia Belluz discusses how scientists cured an HIV patient for the second time ever. The most recent cure and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Jocelyn Kaiser at Science, controversial lab experiments that modify bird flu viruses are set to resume after being stalled for over 4 years. · What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert McMillen aims to show that a combination of hard-hitting media prevention campaigns, strict laws and higher taxes can reduce the numbers of teens who start smoking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Diane Mapes discusses a study explaining that loosening up strict comorbidity criteria would dramatically increase participation in cancer clinical trials. · Would the trade-off of loosening restrictions be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Google is partnering with agencies and companies to determine drop-off locations in the U.S. for people to dispose of leftover pain pills and other addictive drugs in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Morgan Gstalter reports that Pinterest has blocked vaccine searches in order to combat the spread of misinformation about vaccines online. • Is this an effective way to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • State lawmakers are considering eliminating vaccination exemptions such as personal, religious and philosophical beliefs to curb the high rates of measles outbreaks across the country. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tanvi Misra, writing for Pacific Standard, discusses a new working paper by sociologist Shannon Monnat at Syracuse University, that examines how economic distress is a factor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Effective Altruism provides a transcript of CEO Rob Mather’s discussion at the EA Global 2018: London about the work of the Against Malaria Foundation and the challenges they…