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June 6, 2022
Declining Measles Vaccination Rates a 'Red Flag'
Only 85% of Fort Worth kindergartners had a measles vaccine this school year, an apparent symptom of growing vaccine hesitancy and a "worrisome drop," said health policy fellow Peter Hotez. “Once you start getting below 95 you can start seeing breakthrough measles.”
Read more at the Fort Worth Star Telegram. June 2, 2022
Zoghbi Awarded Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, a member of the Baker Institute Board of Advisors and Rice Board of Trustees, is a co-recipient of the 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, a prestigious million-dollar award recognizing scientific breakthroughs.
Read more at Rice News. June 1, 2022
Top-ranked Hospitals and Price Transparency Laws
“Full price transparency would aid both patients and payers in choosing the most cost-effective providers, but we're not having that yet,” said health policy scholar Marah Short. A study coauthored by Short, health economics fellow Vivian Ho, et al., found that many highly respected U.S. hospitals are not in compliance with new price transparency legislation, and there are some dramatic differences in prices among those that are reporting them publicly.
May 31, 2022
In Uvalde’s Wake, a Push for Bipartisan Policy Changes
“A lot of people are saying that gun restriction laws don’t work, but ... we should be pouring money into research that should guide policy instead of being reactive,” said Rola El-Serag, said director of the Center for Health and Biosciences.
Read more at the Houston Chronicle. May 31, 2022
Biden Wrongly Blamed for Record High Gas Prices
“Voters take high gas prices out on the president and his party, [but] what Americans pay is based on trade and investment decisions by thousands of players all over the world," observed energy fellow Jim Krane.
Read more at Al Jazeera