Findings from a new disease model may help public health officials evaluate and improve strategies for the next pandemic, researchers say. Nearly two years ago, the US Centers for Disease…
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Prisons Neglected COVID-19 Mitigation, Data Shows
Prison Policy Initiative Oct 14, 2022The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ August 2022 report Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020-February 2021 examines an inventory of measures each state prison system took to mitigate COVID-19,…
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COVID-19 Rapid Tests Can Breed Confusion – Here’s How to Make Sense of the Results and What To Do
The Conversation Oct 14, 2022As fall temperatures set in, cold and flu season gets into full swing and holiday travel picks up, people will undoubtedly have questions about COVID-19 testing. Is this the year…
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Students With Disabilities in a Post COVID World
The 74 Oct 13, 2022Since the start of the pandemic, we at the Center on Reinventing Public Education have had our eyes locked on the experiences of and outcomes for students with disabilities. As…
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Male Birth Control Options are in Development, But a Number of Barriers Still Stand in the Way
The Conversation Oct 13, 2022In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, developing more contraception options for everyone becomes even more important. Women and people who can become pregnant have a number…
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Treating and Identifying Sexually Transmitted Infections
Futurity Oct 12, 2022A new study identifies steps health care teams can take to identify and treat more sexually transmitted infections. The study included nearly 1,350 patients receiving care for HIV at nine…
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What Do We Know about Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Organizations?
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University Oct 12, 2022The Women & Girls Index (WGI) provides the only systematically generated, comprehensive data on charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls. The WGI tracks the landscape of women’s and girls’…
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Students Are Ramping Up Activism for Reproductive Justice
The Hechinger Report Oct 12, 2022The students looked as if they could be getting ready for a Harry Styles concert, sprawled out across the carpet in the University of South Dakota’s student center. Early 2000s…
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How Schools Are Spending Relief Funds on Educators
The 74 Oct 11, 2022In rural enclaves and city centers, in red states and blue, school districts share the same top priority for federal COVID relief aid: spending on teachers and other staff who…
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Investing in Indoor Air Quality Improvements in Schools Will have Many Benefits
The Conversation Oct 9, 2022As fall temperatures cool across the U.S., many schools will struggle to ventilate classrooms while also keeping students and teachers comfortable and healthy. Children and teachers spend over six hours…
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Mental Health Crisis Teams Are Emerging in Rural Areas
The Rural Blog Oct 9, 2022For years some cities have had social workers or mental-health professionals respond to 911 calls from or about a despondent or agitated person. In most smaller communities that hasn’t been…
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The Concern for Overcrowded Emergency Rooms
Futurity Oct 8, 2022A widespread and increasing level of overcrowding in emergency department in the United States is putting patient safety and access to care at risk, two new studies show. Researchers examined,…
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