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How COVID-19 Affected the Nation's Schools: New Data Gives Insights for Planning
Laura S. Hamilton @HamiltonLauraS
May 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
RAND surveyed teachers and principals to gauge how the pandemic has affected schooling, what supports these educators need, and how they are thinking about the next school year.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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What Happens When States Reopen, Truth Decay, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
May 22, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the health and economic consequences of states reopening, the dangers of Truth Decay during the coronavirus crisis, helping refugees, and more.
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Vaccination
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Vaccination and Coronavirus: Where the Public Good Clashes with Choice and Freedom
Alina I. Palimaru, Marcus Dillistone
May 22, 2020
United Press International
With scientists striving for a viable coronavirus vaccine, and public health officials considering its potential rollout, do calls for freedom of choice and anti-vaccination sentiments, as seen in recent televised protests, represent a worrying omen?
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Russia
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Russia's Challenge and Syria's Chance
Colin P. Clarke, William Courtney @courtneywmh
May 20, 2020
Newsweek
With much of Syria lying in ruins, Russia can back a revived United Nations–led peacemaking process, or see the West rebuff its appeals for large-scale aid. If Russia chooses wisely, the West, wealthy Gulf countries, and China could help. If Moscow procrastinates, the West may withhold assistance and continue cooperation with regional partners.
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China
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China's Aggression Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Little to Do with COVID-19
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
May 20, 2020
World Politics Review
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to monopolize the attention of leaders around the world, some international observers of China have concluded that Beijing is attempting to exploit the crisis for geopolitical gain. The reality is that China has been engaging in the same types of pressure tactics for years and will likely continue once the pandemic passes.
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North Korea
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North Korea Post–Kim Jong Un Reappearance: Expect Business as Usual in the Hermit Kingdom
Soo W. Kim @mllesookim
May 19, 2020
The National Interest
Kim Jong Un's return, while it leaves much to be desired in the way of explanation, should send one message to the international audience: North Korea's fate rests still in the hands of Kim Jong Un. And judging by appearances in recent days, Kim does not appear to intend to change the course of his strategy to reduce tensions with the United States.
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HIV and AIDS
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RAND's Response to a Past Pandemic: HIV/AIDS
May 19, 2020
In the 1980s, HIV/AIDS killed 90 percent of those infected. RAND was at the forefront of the research response, providing key data on costs of care, barriers to access, and the disease's effects on quality of life. RAND continues to pursue ways to ease HIV's impact in the United States and Africa.
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Decisionmaking
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Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions Presents Stark Health and Economic Choices
Jeanne S. Ringel @JeanneRingel, Raffaele Vardavas, Aaron Strong
May 18, 2020
The RAND Blog
RAND's new COVID-19 interventions impact tool uses epidemiological and economic models and continually refreshed data to estimate what could happen as restrictions are eased. The tool won't make the choices confronting state leaders less painful. But it can provide clear, evidence-based estimates of the health and economic trade-offs.
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Refugees
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How to Help Refugees and Host Countries Combat COVID-19
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Gary Edson
May 18, 2020
The National Interest
Having escaped conflict and persecution, refugees now risk illness and death from COVID-19. That risk is heightened by a policy regime that focuses largely on refugees in camps, not the almost two-thirds who live in urban areas. But the crisis could provide an opportunity to reform a broken system for the benefit of refugees and host countries alike.
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Civilian Military Workforce
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Civilians Returning from War Zones Need More Support
May 18, 2020
Deployed civilians often work alongside the military in combat zones or other high-stress, high-risk areas. But when they return, their experience is much different. They come home to support that is often incomplete and insufficient, and sometimes entirely nonexistent.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Global Challenges to Maintaining a Healthy Workforce During a Pandemic: Views from RAND Experts
May 15, 2020
As nations across the globe remain in lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about the future of employment and workforce productivity emerge. During a recent webinar, RAND experts discussed how to get people back to work and improve productivity post COVID-19.
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations
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Public Health Lessons on Intimate Partner Violence Tucked into Tiger King
Sarah MacCarthy
May 15, 2020
Ms. Magazine
Substantial work has been done to figure out how best to address intimate partner violence, but with limited attention regarding how best to meet the unique needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual victims. The popularity of Netflix's Tiger King, and its depiction of intimate partner violence between Joe Exotic and his two husbands, could help to focus attention on a very real, and often hidden, problem.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Preparing for a Post-Vaccine World, Domestic Abuse, the Future of War: RAND Weekly Recap
May 15, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on why we need a blueprint for a post-vaccine world, helping domestic abuse victims during COVID-19, the pandemic's historic economic effects, and more.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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COVID-19 Highlights the Shortcomings of America's Digital Infrastructure
James Ryseff
May 14, 2020
Inside Sources
Much like America's aging physical infrastructure, America's digital infrastructure needs updating. To fix these urgent problems, local, state, and federal governments could turn to best practices used in the private sector to develop more reliable software.
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Health Information Privacy
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Should Communities Be Concerned About Digital Technologies to Fight COVID-19?
Abbie Tingstad, Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer, Erika L. Bloom @ErikaLBloom, Mary Lee
May 13, 2020
Inside Sources
Personal smart devices offer an unprecedented opportunity to identify, track, map, and communicate about COVID-19. But apps could pose privacy and security concerns.
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Hedgemony: A Game of Strategic Choices

COVID-19 Was Spreading Globally Before It Was Declared a Pandemic

In the Middle East, Russia and China Expand Their Influence

Wildfires, America's Wealth Gap, Screening for COVID-19 at Work: RAND Weekly Recap

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper Visits RAND

The Policy Currents Podcast

Measuring Wellbeing to Help Communities Thrive

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

The RAND Blog

How COVID-19 Affected the Nation's Schools: New Data Gives Insights for Planning

What Happens When States Reopen, Truth Decay, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap

Vaccination and Coronavirus: Where the Public Good Clashes with Choice and Freedom

Russia's Challenge and Syria's Chance

China's Aggression Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Little to Do with COVID-19

North Korea Post–Kim Jong Un Reappearance: Expect Business as Usual in the Hermit Kingdom

RAND's Response to a Past Pandemic: HIV/AIDS

Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions Presents Stark Health and Economic Choices

How to Help Refugees and Host Countries Combat COVID-19

Civilians Returning from War Zones Need More Support

Global Challenges to Maintaining a Healthy Workforce During a Pandemic: Views from RAND Experts

Public Health Lessons on Intimate Partner Violence Tucked into Tiger King

Preparing for a Post-Vaccine World, Domestic Abuse, the Future of War: RAND Weekly Recap

COVID-19 Highlights the Shortcomings of America's Digital Infrastructure

Should Communities Be Concerned About Digital Technologies to Fight COVID-19?

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