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Should You Consider Taking a Loved One Out of a Long-Term Care Facility?
As modern living is changing during this pandemic, so is assisted living. Already, many of us are facing difficult decisions about whether someone we know should stay in an assisted living facility or be taken out due to the coronavirus crisis. If you're in the position to bring someone to hunker down with you, is it even a good idea?

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The Economic Wallop of COVID-19: Q&A with RAND Experts
As Washington continues to weigh economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, here are insights from RAND experts on how aid money might be best allocated, how this crisis compares to the 2008 recession, what business communities can do right now, and more.
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The Defense Industrial Base Needs a Cyber Protection Program
The unclassified networks of defense industrial base firms have become a target for adversaries seeking to steal sensitive data, trade secrets, and intellectual property. How can the U.S. Department of Defense better secure these networks?
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Beyond Bans: How Cannabis Policy Reform Can Reduce Vaping-Related Illnesses
Policymakers can wield a multitude of tools to address vaping-related illness. Cannabis policy reform is one option. But policymakers may face challenges in balancing comprehensive regulatory design that promotes product safety with its potential to bolster the illegal and unregulated market.
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Navigating College and Career Readiness in a Time of Uncertainty
How we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic today will likely have longer-term effects. This means that we need to think about people who are actively preparing for that future: high school students looking to enter college and careers.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: The Latest from RAND
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting nearly every facet of daily life and claiming lives across the globe. As leaders grapple with how to respond, RAND experts seek to address and inform policy options and examine how different countries and communities are managing the crisis.
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COVID-19 Effects on Strategic Dynamics in the Middle East
The pandemic is sure to have transformational effects everywhere, and the Middle East is no exception. But it's unlikely that the crisis will lead to new regional strategic dynamics. Rather, it's more likely to reinforce existing and largely negative trend lines.
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Want to Know If a New Drug Crisis Is Growing? Check the Wastewater
Few people foresaw how quickly fentanyl would displace heroin, doubling or tripling opioid overdose deaths in some pockets of the United States from 2013 to 2017. But we could have been warned—if only we'd checked our wastewater.
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Enhancing Security on NATO's Northern Flank: Options for Norway
Norway supports deterrence, crisis management, and security in the High North—which includes the Scandinavian territories and northern Russia. What regional insights can other NATO allies provide to help Norway in its security role?

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RAND Corporation Provides Objective Research Services and Public Policy Analysis

Should You Consider Taking a Loved One Out of a Long-Term Care Facility?

The Economic Wallop of COVID-19: Q&A with RAND Experts

The Defense Industrial Base Needs a Cyber Protection Program

Beyond Bans: How Cannabis Policy Reform Can Reduce Vaping-Related Illnesses

Navigating College and Career Readiness in a Time of Uncertainty

COVID-19 Pandemic: The Latest from RAND

COVID-19 Effects on Strategic Dynamics in the Middle East

Want to Know If a New Drug Crisis Is Growing? Check the Wastewater

Enhancing Security on NATO's Northern Flank: Options for Norway

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