This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 220 million women in developing countries who don’t want to get pregnant lack access to contraceptives and voluntary family planning information and services. Less than 20 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) updated their score of the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) this week, prior to its being sent over to the Senate. This budgetary analysis projects that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The PDF brief encourages school leaders to recognize the important role of recess in building a positive school climate. The authors suggest ensuring that recess is supported for all students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alexandra Rucinski has been a patient at the Planned Parenthood in Burlington, Iowa, since she unexpectedly became pregnant with her son five years ago. She was 22 years old then,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It can sometimes seem strange how so much of the country got hooked on opioids within just a few years. Deaths from prescription drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Keren Landman describes the deficit of care available for transgender individuals and how Isabel Lowell is working to make trans-friendly primary care a reality across the country. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 100 years ago, the women began dying. Their bones literally crumbled inside them, rendering some permanently crippled, some with broken jawbones. The women — some of them just teenage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the eyes of the state of Maine, Laurie Kane is an able-bodied adult without dependents, and thus ineligible for most forms of government support. In her own eyes, it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year over six million children die before they reach their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes such as pneumonia and diarrhea. The good news is that we have many proven…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is one incredibly important question you should be asking yourself and your leadership team at your next board meeting. Are our employee health benefits as equitable and valuable as…
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge craze this summer? Meet the mom who started it all. When Nancy Frates’s son Pete hurt his wrist in a baseball game, he got an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early childhood is a unique time of life, when children’s bodies – especially their brains – are developing rapidly. The most acute stages of human neurological development begin in the…