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An Affordable Diarrhea Treatment Could Save Thousands of Children's Lives
Diarrhea kills by dehydration. The discovery that salts plus glucose and water can keep patients alive has been hailed as one of the greatest medical advances of the past century. Yet health care providers from South Asia to sub-Saharan Africa don't prescribe them enough.
May 15, 2024

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America's Opioid Crisis: Adopting an Ecosystem Approach
The opioid crisis is metastasizing throughout society, reaching across public health and public safety, but also education, employment, and the child welfare system. Without profound change and new approaches to the crisis, hundreds of thousands of people could die in the coming years.
Jun 30, 2023
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A Greater Focus On Harm Reduction Will Save Lives
For decades, elected officials brushed off harm reduction as a viable option for reducing the harms of drug use over concerns of enabling drug consumption. But now, these strategies are front and center, spoken aloud, from the largest podium in the land, and during prime time. What caused this historic about-face?
Apr 29, 2022
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Reducing Disparities in Infant Mortality: Using Big Data to Help Babies at Risk
Black babies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—and across America—face much higher mortality rates than white babies. Researchers pulled together thousands of data points on more than 150,000 births to better predict who is at risk and how to help.
Jul 1, 2021
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An Early Look at the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Demographic Trends
Key demographic trends in fertility, mortality, and migration are responsible for shifts in the overall structure of any population. COVID-19 has affected each of these, with potentially important implications.
Apr 12, 2021
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Humans Are Living Longer, So What Do We Do with All This Extra Time?
Medical and public health improvements over the past century have led to dramatic increases in longevity. New policies may be needed to ensure these extra years become mutually beneficial to all generations.
Feb 5, 2021
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Estimates of COVID-19's Fatality Rate Might Change. And Then Change Again.
With infections of the new coronavirus confirmed in countries around the world, people are following the daily tally of COVID-19 cases, wondering exactly how lethal this new disease is. The truth is, it's hard to know.
Mar 11, 2020
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Fentanyl: The Most Dangerous Illegal Drug in America
America's fentanyl crisis is unlike previous drug epidemics and is likely to get worse. Deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have surged from around 3,000 in 2013 to more than 30,000 in 2018. Solving the problem requires innovative approaches and unprecedented resources.
Jan 13, 2020
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Knowing When to Say Yes to Medical Technology
CT lung cancer screening turns out to be like many new medical technologies: It improves health but is quite expensive. Moreover, it needs implementation that targets those most likely to benefit and provides them the care they need efficiently.
Nov 18, 2014
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Response to 'Study on Parental Longevity Is Short on Causation'
The possible effects of families on health and mortality is an extremely complex topic. No single study or type of study is exactly a test of the argument. We need more studies that advance possible interpretations and describe patterns of associations in broad populations of interest.
Aug 11, 2014
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Americans Dying Twice as Fast as French from Treatable Conditions
Despite high per-capita expenditures in the U.S., Americans under the age of 65 are less likely than their peers in France, Germany, or the United Kingdom to receive timely and appropriate health care, writes Ellen Nolte.
Oct 1, 2012

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The greater Houston region is upheld as a model of how to address homelessness. The region reduced homelessness by over 63 percent in 10 years by better coordinating across agencies. It also invested in a housing-first approach, which provides permanent supportive housing to people experiencing homelessness without requiring people to be sober, take medications for their mental health condition(s), or meet other criteria to qualify.

Sarah B. Hunter

Director, RAND Center on Housing and Homelessness

Source: rand.org

Land use and zoning regulations are virtually always made by local governments. In general, over the last 30 or so years these rules have evolved toward increased restrictiveness in terms of land where multifamily housing is allowed, the density of such buildings, requirements for energy efficiency, aesthetics, and parking. All these factors drive up costs.

Jason M. Ward

Codirector, RAND Center on Housing and Homelessness

Source: rand.org

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Mortality

An Affordable Diarrhea Treatment Could Save Thousands of Children's Lives

America's Opioid Crisis: Adopting an Ecosystem Approach

A Greater Focus On Harm Reduction Will Save Lives

Reducing Disparities in Infant Mortality: Using Big Data to Help Babies at Risk

An Early Look at the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Demographic Trends

Humans Are Living Longer, So What Do We Do with All This Extra Time?

Estimates of COVID-19's Fatality Rate Might Change. And Then Change Again.

Fentanyl: The Most Dangerous Illegal Drug in America

Knowing When to Say Yes to Medical Technology

Response to 'Study on Parental Longevity Is Short on Causation'

Americans Dying Twice as Fast as French from Treatable Conditions

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