This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spread happiness. That’s the socially-conscious mission behind John’s Crazy Socks, an online retailer based out of Huntington, N.Y., co-founded by John Cronin, a young man with Down syndrome, and his…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Tuesday, March 6, the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy and the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy co-hosted an event examining where the individual health insurance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Peter Sands took over this month as the new head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. But before he’d even officially taken his seat at the Fund’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even with futuristic advances in medicine and science, and increased access to food and other forms of nutrition, the oldest human health problem has remained stubborn—and, sometimes, seemingly impossible to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Breast cancer death rates overall have steadily declined since 1989, leading to an increased number of survivors. But while breast cancer survivors are grateful their bodies show no trace of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melinda Gates is an optimist. As co-chair of the largest private philanthropy in the world, she ought to be. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends billions per year combating the spread…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s 10 a.m. in Washington, D.C., and 100 saleswomen from skincare and cosmetics brand Beautycounter have gathered on the steps of Capitol Hill. They’re in their finest pantsuits and shift dresses, makeup…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The country with the world’s highest tuberculosis burden has launched an ambitious plan to eradicate the deadly disease by 2025, five years ahead of the global target. Leaders from across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last few years, individuals have been focusing on their personal wellbeing. Similar to individuals, organizations are now meeting their employees where they are and have made a pivot from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a mental health crisis in graduate education, and research institutions need to take action to address it. That’s the take-home message from a global survey of Ph.D. and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ames, Iowa is more than 1,500 miles from Parkland, Florida, but the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School felt too close for comfort. School leaders in Ames had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A top United Kingdom aid official has reassured advocates that the Department for International Development remains a “loud and strong voice for universal access to sexual and reproductive health” services, including abortion,…