This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Inside Philanthropy reports on the alarming rate of infant deaths in the South, Midwest and rural regions in the US, and how a coordinated effort among…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In some states like Oregon, criminals who are judged to be insane are known to receive better mental health treatment than an average person suffering from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is not just blowing smoke: The fight against Big Tobacco is far from over. While new data from the National Health Interview Survey shows that cigarette use among U.S.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Grantmakers in Health, Susan Zepeda, the former CEO of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, gives advice on how to make progress in keeping communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Open Philanthropy Project discusses the impact that sexually transmitted diseases besides HIV have on global health and wonders why more private donors don’t do more to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Two new studies are underway to test the effectiveness of a cocktail of vitamins and steroids for curing sepsis, which currently has no proven cure. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Seattle Children’s Hospital details three innovative programs that they started in order to address mental health care for young people. These include an access mental health line…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As you read this, there are students nationwide struggling with depression, anxiety or another mental health condition. Some will only contemplate suicide; others will act on those thoughts. Mental illness…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Open Philanthropy Project explores how we can use the power of scientific research to guard ourselves against outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases. • Are we funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that childhood obesity is still on the rise. Deborah A. Cohen argues that personal restraint is insufficient to reverse the trend, and change is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Henry J Kaiser Foundation examines the current alarming outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and compares the current health response to the outbreak…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Guardian reports on a town in Belgium called Geel, where residents have been opening up their homes to the mentally ill for hundreds of years,…