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National Security After Roe, Women Veterans, COVID-19's Lasting Effects: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how overturning Roe could affect national security, supporting women veterans, responding to the next pandemic, and more.
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Sep 16, 2022

Public Health Preparedness

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Can South Korea Help the World Beat the Next Pandemic?
As the world emerges from the long and devastating COVID-19 pandemic, nations around the world, including the United States, could look to South Korea's near-perfect response as a model for dealing with future public health crises.
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Sep 7, 2022
Jennifer Bouey @BoueyHuang
Vaccination

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Vaccinating All Kids for COVID-19 May Demand a Block-by-Block Effort
Community-based organizations know how to register voters and increase census participation. Reaching out block by block, even door to door, they can be just as effective in boosting vaccination rates.
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Aug 29, 2022
Laura J. Faherty @LauraFahertyMD, Jeanne S. Ringel @JeanneRingel
Public Health Preparedness

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Learning, Relearning, and Not Learning the Lessons of COVID-19
Recent announcements have demonstrated how little has been learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential need for a national reckoning to assess shortfalls and develop recommendations for preparing for and responding to future pandemics and other biological risks. The United States could create a national commission to develop a way forward.
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Aug 12, 2022
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Tunisia

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Tunisia: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Tunisia's response to the COVID pandemic has been spotty, though vaccination rates have improved and mortality rates have dropped. When the political instability is factored in, Tunisia's emergence from the pandemic may not be quick.
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Jul 22, 2022
Emily Hoch, Mahshid Abir
Employment and Unemployment

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U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the U.S. economy’s uneven pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides, and more.
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Jul 22, 2022
Women's Health

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Overturning Roe, a New Mental Health Hotline, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how repealing Roe v. Wade could affect women in the military, whether America is prepared to launch a new emergency mental health hotline, Russia's war in Ukraine, and more.
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Jul 1, 2022
Jordan

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Jordan: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Lockdown restrictions that may have contributed to low COVID-19 case numbers in Jordan early in the pandemic resulted in economic stresses and increased psychological distress in the general population. RAND researchers identified challenges faced by Jordanians during the crisis and the country's innovative and equitable response to mitigate them.
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Jun 20, 2022
Nazia Wolters, Mahshid Abir
Suicide

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Will the New 988 Hotline Be a Game Changer for Mental Health or a Missed Opportunity?
Someone dies from suicide in the United States every 11 minutes, a rate that has increased almost 30 percent since 2000. The 988 mental health hotline will launch on July 16, but states need to clear significant hurdles: funding the expanded crisis response system and making sure people know it's available.
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Jun 20, 2022
Ryan K. McBain @ryankmcbain, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Organizational Leadership

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RAND's New President, the U.S. Foreign Service, Transportation Equity: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on RAND's next president and CEO, Jason Matheny, insights into Americans' views on diplomacy and diplomats, solutions for transportation equity, and more.
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Jun 10, 2022
Qatar

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Qatar: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Qatar adopted a spectrum of policies and health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 and encouraged its innovation ecosystem to play a role in fighting the pandemic. The health sector has gained experience during the pandemic that might inform response to future spikes in demand for health system resources.
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Jun 9, 2022
Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Nazia Wolters, et al.
Lebanon

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Lebanon: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
In Lebanon, COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and daily deaths continue to decline. This is an accomplishment worthy of celebration in the midst of hyperinflation, all-time high unemployment, nadir purchasing power, and a health sector on the verge of collapse.
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May 6, 2022
Nasma Berri, Mahshid Abir
Iran

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Iran: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Iran has faced an uphill battle since the first cases of COVID-19 were found in the country. Despite limited resources, Iran has also had its share of successes and innovations in combating the virus.
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Apr 20, 2022
Nazia Wolters, Emily Hoch, et al.
Refugees

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Helping Ukrainian Refugees, Truth Decay, Algorithmic Inequity: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how to help Ukrainian refugees, the link between cognitive processes and Truth Decay, tracking wastewater to understand the spread of COVID-19, and more.
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Apr 1, 2022
Biosurveillance

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National Wastewater Tracking Could Help Us Stay Ahead of COVID-19—but Congress Cut the Funds
For years, medical experts have used wastewater to track the spread of diseases. The National Wastewater Surveillance System has the potential to significantly change the way we fight COVID-19 as well as future pandemics, bacterial diseases, and viruses. But building up the robustness of a wastewater surveillance system will take financial support, and it's not clear Congress will provide it.
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Mar 24, 2022
Douglas Yeung @DouglasCYeung
Pandemic

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American Attitudes About Vaccine Globalism
Overall, American support for sharing vaccines with other countries was high even before the Omicron variant. This may reflect recognition of the need to proactively address the pandemic beyond U.S. borders to truly be on the path to recovery.
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Dec 9, 2021
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman, Anita Chandra

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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Research

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Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

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National Security After Roe, Women Veterans, COVID-19's Lasting Effects: RAND Weekly Recap

Can South Korea Help the World Beat the Next Pandemic?

Vaccinating All Kids for COVID-19 May Demand a Block-by-Block Effort

Learning, Relearning, and Not Learning the Lessons of COVID-19

Tunisia: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap

Overturning Roe, a New Mental Health Hotline, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap

Jordan: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Will the New 988 Hotline Be a Game Changer for Mental Health or a Missed Opportunity?

RAND's New President, the U.S. Foreign Service, Transportation Equity: RAND Weekly Recap

Qatar: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Lebanon: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Iran: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Helping Ukrainian Refugees, Truth Decay, Algorithmic Inequity: RAND Weekly Recap

National Wastewater Tracking Could Help Us Stay Ahead of COVID-19—but Congress Cut the Funds

American Attitudes About Vaccine Globalism

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