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12.05.2017 Graphic showing results of participants in CAPABLE Aging in Place study follow-up

Home-Based Upgrades for the Elderly

An innovative program, Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) helps the elderly overcome individual or environmental limitations so they can remain in their homes and communities.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

12.01.2017 Graph of reaching ART 90% coverage by 2020 under two assumptions about future HIV transmission

The End of AIDS is in the Details

The United Nations’ Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has a goal to eradicate AIDS by 2030. One of the most difficult facets of reaching the end of AIDS, they say, will be knowing when we’ve gotten there.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

11.30.2017 a graph of high school graduation rate

Barriers for Homeless Students at School

One aspect of the growing trend in homeless students at school: instability of residence often leads to school mobility which can have a negative impact on academic achievement.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

11.29.2017 Graph showing rate of mistreatment of children by ages 0-17

Neglected Babies

Children under one year of age experience maltreatment at more than twice the rate of any other age group, and that this trend is only getting worse.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

11.28.2017 Graph showing trends in medication prescriptions in Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states

Medicaid Expansion Expands Access to Mental Health Care

Recent research from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act increased access to mental health care.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

11.08.2017 Graph showing economic gains by avoided blood levels and number of children

Saving Money through Preventing Lead Exposure

Reducing early lead exposure in children would result in future savings: increased lifetime earnings, better health and outcomes, and better quality of life overall.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

11.02.2017 a map of europe with different colored areas

There’s No Escaping Climate Change

A recent study in the Lancet finds two out of three Europeans could be affected by weather-related disasters by 2071.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

10.31.2017 Graph showing reasons for nonelderly adults being uninsured in 2016

“I’m uninsured because…”

Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 98% of respondents do want health insurance, but lacked access.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

10.27.2017 Graph showing rising sea levels since 1993

The Imminent Danger of Rising Sea Levels to Coastal Communities

NASA data shows a trend in rising sea levels that represents an imminent danger to coastal communities globally.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

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