This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kayla Dawson details her experience working in Manipur with a team from Doctors Without Borders and how it adapted its care model to benefit the most patients. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New research revealed that HIV and cancer patients might benefit from the same treatment, making the case for ending HIV exclusions from cancer clinical trials. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carol Clark reports that three plants used to fight infected wounds in the civil war show promise for fighting infections, leading researchers to identify the key…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington identified molecular characteristics of advanced bladder cancers, which will help direct treatment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Universite psychology professor Zaki offers five strategies that can help individuals build and cultivate the skill of empathy. • Why is it important to develop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent analysis revealed 25 U.S. counties that will potentially experience measles outbreaks over the next year using data on air travel volume, non-medical childhood vaccinations,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports on research finding that migrants and refugees don’t spread diseases to host populations, though migrants themselves are often at higher risk of illness…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Recovery houses and programs can be a significant help when battling opioid addictions at colleges. However, not many exist because colleges do not have the financing and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amy Brady at Pacific Standard highlights two books that take different approaches to take action against climate change: one recounts America’s failure to act on global warming in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • James Hamblin at The Atlantic exposes a little known deal protects drug companies in the U.S. from being sued writing that when a person reports harm that could…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Naked Scientists blog discusses recent research from the UK that identifies an “impaired” part of the brain in children of obese mothers, one that fails…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • State prisons are not covering the cost of treatment for prisoners who have hepatitis C, which is potentially curable now. Some inmates are filing lawsuits against prisons on…