This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. States get to decide how they distribute the vaccine. However, they are expected to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls for prioritizing healthcare and essential frontline workers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Blindness is a major public health issue, both in India and across the world. It is estimated that 1.1 billion people globally live with a vision impairment and that 90 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil society responses to COVID-19 in South Africa have shown remarkable agility, scope, and impact in the last nine months, especially in responding to the most-pressing problem in many vulnerable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The effects of the changing climate are already being felt, and by 2050, between 600 million and one billion people could be impacted by lethal heat waves. According to recent McKinsey…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Indigenous leadership offers lessons in responding to COVID-19 and how philanthropists can help invest capital into solutions. • What are the major challenges for Indigenous communities during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our study aims to gather information on how states, territories, and Washington, DC, communicated with jurisdictions effectively to provide time-sensitive information on school meal programs as a result of the…
Editor’s note: Two new strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 called B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 have been found in the U.K. and South Africa and are thought to be more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Now that the vaccines are arriving, people are starting to dream. They say things like, “The second everyone in my family is vaccinated, we’re going on a big trip to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One year ago, only 26 video visits with University of Michigan mental health providers had happened in nearly six months, compared with more than 30,000 in-person visits. But Jennifer Severe,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Michigan parents, worried about the effect the pandemic is having on their children’s learning, say state leaders need an academic recovery plan to make sure students who fall behind can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The past year has been among the most turbulent in recent memory, with a global pandemic killing well over 350,000 Americans, protests against police brutality as well as to foster…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the pandemic exposed major issues with our lengthy food supply chain — in the form of shipment delays and inadequate demand forecasting — local vertical farms and indoor growing…