This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Atlanta Voice reports on the Elton John AIDS Foundation, among other funders, committing $650,000 to fight HIV/AIDS in the South, most recently with grants to three…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In her new memoir, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards shares…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing magazine posted a recent report about medical marijuana’s approval as a treatment for opioid addiction in Pennsylvania, the second state (after New Jersey) to greenlight…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bloomberg reports on Bill Gates’ interest in emerging vaccine technologies to fight diseases, while also finding encouragement in microbiome studies to discover causes of malnutrition. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Trump’s EPA has issued a series of memos the weaken regulations on American industries and allow more air pollution. Critics are concerned both by the content…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • WHO recommends a test for previous exposure to dengue before the administration of Dengvaxia, a dengue vaccine created by Sanofi. • How should doctors balance the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A results-based financing tool was introduced at the Skoll World Forum. The tool will help implement clean water systems in Uganda through a loans system that is based on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The 74 reports the growing popularity of vaping among teens, even as the Surgeon General issued a warning about the health hazards associated with e-cigarettes. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every day, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch grows in size. The patch is one of five gyres in the ocean where currents concentrate discarded materials. Over time, plastic products in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • NPR reports on a small village called Castañer in Puerto Rico, still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Maria, and the lingering effect of trauma on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • 80,000 Hours interviews Dr. Tom Inglesby about the importance of funding research to safeguard the world against pandemics. • Among the questions presented: What can you do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fred Hutch News Service reports on researchers discovering a human antibody that can block Epstein-Barr, a virus associated with 200,000 cancer cases per year. • Cancer…