This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In Asheville Carolina, an outbreak of chickenpox has erupted due to families within an anti-vaccine community that claim a religious exemption from vaccinations. • The author points out…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Education Dive post explores the outcomes and evidence around school counseling for children at risk of substance abuse, or who have experienced drug-related family trauma.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hill reports on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has become the second-deadliest spread of the disease in modern history,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Professor J.B. Silvers argues that common healthcare reform positions of politicians are often over-simplified and miss major factors and lays out the challenges of defining successful healthcare…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although US smoking rates are reported to be at an all-time low, Richard Gunderman at The Conversation analyzes the factors that influenced its initial rise to popularity.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Beth Schlachter discusses the progress that Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) has made since its launch in 2012 and what work remains to be done. • How can you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food security, farming, and food waste are all connected, not only to global health but also climate change. Since soil is at the heart of agriculture,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · To help treat inherited genetic diseases, Pedro Belda Ferre, Postdoctoral Scholar in Pediatrics at the University of California San Diego, explains that engineering bacteria to produce the needed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Conversation, Adriana Galván shares her research into sleep-deprivation and shares a simple solution she has found: providing adolescents with a good pillow. · How much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, discusses the social consequences of mass gun violence in America. · How does mass gun violence affect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Suan-Sin Foo and Weiqiang Chen address the 2016 Zika virus outbreak and explain how prenatal blood screenings can help by providing an early diagnosis of Zika virus-associated fetal defects. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Maureen Miller explains that despite treatment being available for AIDS, progress has hindered and more work needs to be done to find a vaccine or cure. …