This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From staffing shortages to stumbles with school-based COVID testing, Chicago Public Schools has faced a number of challenges as it reopened campuses this fall. The city’s board of education heard a rundown of…
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. For people with post-traumatic stress disorder, recalling memories of physical or sexual assault, combat or disaster-related events can induce intense anxiety or panic attacks as well as debilitating flashbacks. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2016, the Hewlett Foundation launched a new strategy, using a principles-based approach to supporting local reproductive health (RH) advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The strategy includes support primarily to international organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When two inspectors showed up at a juvenile prison in north Texas late last year, they heard about kids beating each other up, recruiting for gangs and dismantling their cinder-block…
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. State education officials are pushing the federal Department of Education to clarify expectations for state school accountability systems that have been largely halted by two years of pandemic disruption and cancelled state…
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. This week Americans marked the anniversary of the tragic loss of children and teachers at Sandy Hook. After any mass shooting, Americans hear politicians make the ritualistic call for “thoughts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2019, the city of Memphis, Shelby County, First 8 Memphis, the Urban Child Institute, and the Community Outcomes Fund at Maycomb Capital launched a public-private partnership. The partnership utilizes outcomes-based…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Charities Aid Foundation’s annual UK Giving report is the largest study of giving behaviour in the UK. Building on last year’s Covid-19 Special Report, the 2021 edition continues to explore the…