This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent weeks, one piece of data has gotten a lot of attention: 99.5% of all the people dying from COVID-19 in the U.S. are unvaccinated. We are two researchers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I first joined MSF in September 2014, as part of the response to the West African Ebola outbreak that hit Liberia that year. On the day I applied for the role, I saw everyone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even though Americans shared the experience of living through a global pandemic, their individual attitudes towards it differed and evolved – sometimes dramatically. We study risk perception. Using public opinion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prisons and jails in the United States have been increasingly deadly places in recent years, according to new federal data. But one cause of death has climbed most dramatically: overdoses. From…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This past school year, Chicago leaders pointed to grading and attendance numbers as evidence the pandemic had caused more academic damage for the district’s Black and Latino students. But data obtained by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Rural hospitals must leverage the full resources of their communities in order to survive.” That’s the “most critical” lesson learned from last year’s closing of Williamson Memorial Hospital in West Virginia, Taylor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most obvious early effects of COVID-19 were the ways in which it shrank the spheres of life, work, and school. Within a few months of its emergence last winter,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced plans to allocate $650 billion worth of reserve funds to support a global economic recovery from COVID-19. Distributed in the form of reserve assets called Special…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half a year has passed since the first vaccine for COVID-19 and almost half the US has protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But there still isn’t one for…
John Campbell, Professor of General Practice and Primary Care at the University of Exeter, and Brandi Leach, Senior Analyst at not-for-profit research organisation RAND Europe, discuss how primary care practices can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many didn’t get back on schedule even after clinics reopened. The new study shows the effect may have been greatest in areas where such care is already likely falling behind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Grameen America, a nonprofit that provides loans to help low-income entrepreneurs, is doing all it can to aid Black women whose businesses have been hurt by the pandemic. Its goal…