This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Effective Altruism post, Open Philanthropy Project program officer Claire Zabel discusses the status of the group’s biosecurity work, whether it’s training future innovators in the field…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for the RAND Corporation, Bradley D. Stein discusses the current opioid crisis happening throughout America and explains that when it comes to creating policy to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Due to the ongoing violence happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global Citizen explains that efforts to help address Ebola have been stalled. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings compiled a list of facts that pertain to the state of global health. This list is a good reminder of the issues of health security abroad and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Jackie Marchildon at Global Citizen, Russian trolls and bots interfered with Americans’ online vaccine debates on Twitter, attacking both pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine supporters. · How…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen discusses Walt Disney’s 1943 short film, The Winged Scourge, and explains that it’s an excellent way to educate the public about malaria and how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Female genital schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, is a neglected tropical disease that has infected almost 56 million women across sub-Saharan Africa, as Global Citizen reports. •…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Daniele Selby, writing for Global Citizen, warns that the flu is a threat to global health until we address how to fully vaccinate against it. • Johnson &…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The UK-based charity Wellcome details the fight against tuberculosis, highlighting recent medical research that could put a vaccine within reach. But more resources and political willpower…
In 1999, when Henry McCance’s wife, Allison, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, McCance set out to learn all he could about the disease even as he put his wife in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an infographic, Adam Mordecai reveals the long-term consequences of a fake study that falsely connected vaccines with autism, decreasing vaccination rates and increasing child mortality, even after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In Burkina Faso, new nets made with chemicals targeting insecticide-resistant mosquitoes were found to be successful in reducing the number of cases of malaria after a…