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Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
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Thinking Through Rapid and Scalable Rollout of Healthcare Innovations for Public Health Challenges
Robert J. Romanelli, Michael Whitmore, Sonja Marjanovic @SonjaCambs
Jun 14, 2021
The RAND Blog
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that rapid innovation in the face of public health emergencies is possible. In only 15 months, 15 vaccines have been approved or authorized for use in various parts of the world. What thinking is required to support uniform rapid rollout for future public health emergencies?
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China
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China's Ambitions, Origins of the Coronavirus, Income Inequality: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 11, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on China’s quest for global primacy, understanding the coronavirus origin story, how parents feel about sending their children back to school, and more.
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Sexual Assault
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Sexual Assault in the Military, School Security, Mental Health Care: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 4, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the risk of sexual assault to sexual minorities in the U.S. military, making medication treatment more accessible to people struggling with opioid addiction, countering Russian propaganda, and more.
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Mental Health Treatment
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How COVID-19 Lessons Can Transform U.S. Mental Health Care
Ryan K. McBain
Jun 2, 2021
The Hill
It would be a powerful conclusion to the pandemic if Americans reimagined a health system that was resilient against future threats, including the resulting psychological trauma. Policymakers have the opportunity now to cut short the pandemic's long tail of mental illness by taking decisive action.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Origin Story: How Did the Coronavirus Emerge?
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Jun 2, 2021
The National Interest
President Joe Biden has called for the U.S. intelligence community to redouble efforts to determine the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. In conducting this investigation, it might be useful to avoid only focusing on a binary choice. That is, either the virus escaped from the laboratory or from a spillover from an infected animal to a human.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Reopening the U.S. Economy, Geoengineering, 5G: RAND Weekly Recap
May 28, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the potential effects of reopening the economy before the White House's vaccination goal is met, students' learning experiences during the pandemic, competition in the 5G era, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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A Memorial Day Like No Other
Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand, Carrie M. Farmer @carriefarmer
May 27, 2021
The RAND Blog
Although Memorial Day is and should be dedicated to our fallen military personnel and veterans, this year, especially, we are reminded that service to the country comes in many forms.
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Epidemiology
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Will the United States Declare Freedom from COVID-19 Too Soon?
Lawrence Baker, Pedro Nascimento de Lima @pedrolima_n, Jeanne S. Ringel @JeanneRingel, Raffaele Vardavas
May 21, 2021
The RAND Blog
RAND analyzed what could happen with COVID-19 deaths in the United States if restrictions all go away on July 4. Fully reopening the economy before Biden's vaccination target was met doubled the average number of COVID-19 deaths between Independence Day and the end of the year.
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Vaccination
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Vaccine Hesitancy, Working from Home, Arctic Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap
May 21, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of ‘Truth Decay,’ how to make remote work beneficial for all, U.S. Arctic diplomacy, and more.
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Global Climate Change
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COVID-19 and Climate Change Both Require One Generation to Sacrifice for Another
Michael E. Webber, Constantine Samaras
May 17, 2021
The Hill
COVID-19 and climate change are both global phenomena that left unmanaged will inflict excruciating human and economic tolls. They also require a similar mix of approaches to solve. But they have one more similarity that attracts less attention: they both require one generation to change behavior in support of another.
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Vaccination
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Vaccine Patents Debate Risks Becoming a Sideshow in the Global Battle Against COVID-19
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
May 17, 2021
The Hill
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge around the world, the debate is raging over whether patents on existing vaccines should be waived. But the global community could view patent waivers as just one of many available tools for speeding up vaccine delivery worldwide.
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Educational Equity
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Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap
May 14, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
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Workforce Management
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Inequality in Opportunity to Work from Home an Underlying Condition Likely Aggravated by the Pandemic
Kathryn E. Bouskill @kebouskill, Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
May 14, 2021
Detroit News
Building a safe, healthy workforce where success, productivity, and financial security are available to all segments of American society could provide resilience against inevitable future shockwaves. Since working from home is a key part of such resilience, policymakers could focus on supporting the advantages, remediating the downsides, and expanding access to this form of work.
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Vaccination
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The Pivotal Role of Remote Working in the Journey to Jab the Nation
Michael Whitmore
May 13, 2021
Workplace Insight
Pulling the UK COVID-19 vaccination program together was an immense logistical and technical effort. Had it not been for the working practices mandated by the lockdown, it would have been even more difficult. What changed over the pandemic to allow this to happen?
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Supply Chain Management
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Supply Chains and National Security—the Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bradley Martin
May 11, 2021
The RAND Blog
The many pandemic-related shortages that occurred in the United States and elsewhere provide a clear warning. Serious supply-chain vulnerabilities exist. We need to learn much more about this potential threat to national security.
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Imagery Intelligence
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The Uyghurs, Getting the World Vaccinated, Policing in America: RAND Weekly Recap
May 7, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on China's disappeared Uyghurs, how the United States can help get the rest of the world vaccinated, what's next for policing in America, and more.
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