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10.16.2020 a map of the united states

Schools exposed to greater levels of noise pollution are more likely to serve students of color or low-income students.

Fellow Edward Alexander

10.14.2020 a graph of different colored lines

Between 2004 and 2016, foster care placements for abuse or neglect increased from 4.8% of all placements to 5.4%.

Fellow Pat Williams

10.08.2020 a graph of marijuana on a white background

Just two years after Senate Bill 350 was introduced, the state of Pennsylvania itself enacted law SB 3, legalizing medicinal marijuana use.

Fellow Pat Williams

09.23.2020 a graph of a number of people with mental health disorders

Medicare spends $13,072 on people without any known mental health disorders, but $19,676 for those with severe mental illness.

Fellow Pat Williams

09.10.2020 a graph of birth rate

Laws restricting abortion access don’t reduce abortions or the need for them, they unfairly limit who has access to them.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

09.08.2020 a graph showing the amount of delivery in the year

Creating systems that encourage providers to offer IUDs and implants is a critical step to contraception access.

Fellow Gray Babbs

08.27.2020 a diagram of a child care program

Permanent loss of access to child care limits essential worker readiness and impacts how quickly nonessential workers return to business.

Fellow Pat Williams

08.25.2020 a graph of a number of patients with an injection

The increases in injection meth use observed represents a dangerous public health challenge that is hidden within the wider opioid epidemic.

Fellow Pat Williams

07.29.2020 a map of the united states

Diesel engines are harmful because they release particulate matter and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere as they combust.

Fellow Edward Alexander

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