This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses how mental health campaigns can help reduce the stigma of mental health illness, but suggests that campaigns must take the next steps after building…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joel Michael Reynolds, writing for The Conversation, lists three reasons based on ethical grounds of why vaccinations are necessary for the public. • How can health funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to researchers, exposure to wildfire smoke early in life seems to alter the way human lungs grow. FiveThirtyEight reports on the latest science. • Should funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FiveThirtyEight reports on a recent analysis from epidemiologists that took what we know about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in NFL players who died and attempted to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katherine Hobson explains that women may shy away from physical activity during pregnancy, but research shows that exercise during pregnancy has benefits for both mother and child. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Neeraja Bhavaraju explains how innovations put HIV protection in the hands of women in male-dominated cultures, preventing the spread of the infection. • How can philanthropy support these…
Giving Compass’ Take: • John W McArthur, Krista Rasmussen, and Gavin Yamey examine the work that will have to be done to hit the child and maternal health goals of the SDGs and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katherine Hobson reports that breast density is both a risk factor for cancer and an impediment to effective screenings, but there is little to do about it. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: • According to Futurity, researchers have found a way to use light and sound imaging to help in ovarian cancer diagnosis, a notoriously difficult cancer to detect early.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • John Tierney argues that price controls for prescription drugs can stifle innovation and may reduce access to drugs, rather than expand access. • How can funders work to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part One of a two-part series explains Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Read Part Two to learn the impact of advocacy and education campaigns. Children trudging to school with backpacks may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TIME magazine reports on a fertility treatment called mitochondrial replacement therapy that may help eliminate a rare, deadly disease in infants — but the procedure comes…