News & Stories Breadcrumb Home All News Research Newsmakers SPIA Reacts Community Profiles Dec 02, 2021 Native American Deaths from COVID-19 Highest Among Racial Groups Native Americans experience substantially greater rates of COVID-19 mortality compared with other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new study… Dec 01, 2021 Policy Interventions Could Help Farmers Economically Survive in Vulnerable Regions In the grasslands of Nepal’s Chitwan Valley, local farmers rely on the production of rice and other grains to generate household income. But their… Nov 18, 2021 COVID-19 Commission Urgently Needed, Scientific Experts Say Examining health care fault lines, global supply chain instability, and vaccine production efficiency is critical in preparing for future global… Oct 25, 2021 U.S. Mayoral Candidates Tend to Be White Male Business Leaders, Study Shows Twenty-eight of the country’s largest cities will hold mayoral elections this November, and the public shouldn’t be surprised if the candidates… Oct 20, 2021 Lead Remediation Efforts Show Promise for Safe Drinking Water in New York City Public Schools Since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, many states have passed legislation requiring public schools to assess and treat lead in their drinking… Sep 30, 2021 Immigration Boosts U.S. Life Expectancy If immigrants to the United States formed their own country, their pre-COVID-19 life expectancies would exceed or match those of the world’s leaders… Sep 29, 2021 SPIA Reacts: Haitians at the Texas Border Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to Del Rio, Texas, in recent weeks to attempt border crossing into the U.S. Since then, the Department of… Sep 28, 2021 Life Expectancy Gap Between Black and White Americans Closes Nearly 50% in 30 Years Persistent gaps in life expectancy between Black and white Americans have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, this gap has narrowed by… Sep 02, 2021 Lack of Protections in the Workplace Leave Frontline Workers of Color at High Risk for COVID-19 Exposure Black, Latino, and Native American frontline workers are more likely to work in occupations with a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure with less… Aug 19, 2021 Vaccine Stockpiling by Nations Could Lead to Increase in COVID-19 Cases, Novel Variant Emergence The allocation of COVID-19 vaccine between countries has thus far tended toward vaccine nationalism, wherein countries stockpile vaccines to… Aug 17, 2021 SPIA Reacts: Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan The Taliban stormed Kabul on Sunday, stealing control of Afghanistan from the Afghan government. Now, Afghans and Americans present in the country… Aug 04, 2021 Like China, Japan and the U.S. Continue to Finance Overseas Fossil Fuel Power Technologies Stepping away from carbon-intensive power systems and investing in renewable technologies is critical to decarbonizing the global power sector and… Jul 28, 2021 Debt Crises: Politics Determine How Developing Countries Borrow Interest payments on bilateral official debt were frozen in some of the world’s poorest countries this year and in 2020 to alleviate the economic… Jul 01, 2021 Low-Income Patients May Be Less Likely to Receive Medical Assistance in Dying In Canada, low-income hospital patients under palliative care are less likely to receive medical assistance in dying compared to those who are high… Jun 24, 2021 Updated Analysis of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Shows Drops, Disparities in Average Lifespans An updated analysis of American COVID-19 deaths throughout 2020 reveals an even bigger drop in average life expectancy as well as still… Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
