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Latin America Initiative | Commentary

The Empty Homes of Rio’s 2016 Olympics

Brazilian leaders' investment into transforming Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games, even as the country is quickly spiraling into a deep recession and its housing market has declined, illustrates the government's troubling development priorities.

January 14, 2016

Center for Health and Biosciences | Journal

Legal Barriers to Adolescent Participation in Research About HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections

The second largest percentage of new HIV infections in the United States occurs among people aged 13 to 24 years old. Yet very few state minor consent laws explicitly authorize adolescents to consent to preventive services for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections without parental permission.

Quianta Moore January 11, 2016

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Drug Policy | Commentary

El Chapo Recaptured: Effect on the Peña Administration

Over the coming weeks, there will be much talk about the Jan. 8 recapture of Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” Guzmán — his…

Tony Payan January 9, 2016

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Drug Policy | Commentary

El Chapo Recaptured: Implications for the Sinaloa Cartel

There are times when an analyst or scholar must admit to being wrong about a prediction. This is one of those times. Shortly…

Nathan P. Jones January 9, 2016

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Drug Policy | Commentary

El Chapo Recaptured: The Kingpin Strategy

It is questionable that the re-arrest of Joaquin Guzman Loera, or Chapo Guzman, will be a meaningful step in long run and…

Gary J. Hale January 9, 2016

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Drug Policy | Commentary

‘El Chapo’ Captured (Again)

Baker Institute experts explain how Friday's arrest of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will affect the Peña Nieto administration, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Mexican government's "kingpin strategy" to destroy the cartels.

Tony Payan, Gary J. Hale, Nathan P. Jones January 9, 2016

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Center for Health and Biosciences | U.S. Health System Transformation | Issue Brief

HRMS Issue Brief #17: Affordability of Health Services Among Non-elderly Texas Adults

Fewer Texans say they have problems paying their medical bills in 2015 compared with 2013, according to a new report released today by the Baker Institute and the Episcopal Health Foundation.

Elena M. Marks, Vivian Ho January 7, 2016

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Conflict Resolution and U.S. Foreign Policy | Policy Brief

A Strategy Toward Defeating ISIS

The Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris demonstrated a change in strategy by the Islamic State — a willingness to strike outside of the Middle East. But this also yields an opportunity for a U.S.-led coalition to come together to defeat a common enemy, writes Baker Institute director Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian.

Edward P. Djerejian January 3, 2016

Center for Health and Biosciences | U.S. Health System Transformation | Issue Brief

HRMS Issue Brief #16: Characteristics and Changes in Rates of the Uninsured in Texas and the United States as of September 2015

The rate of adults without health insurance across the U.S. dropped nearly twice as much as in Texas from 2013 to 2015, according to a new report released today by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation.

Elena M. Marks, Vivian Ho, Philomene Balihe December 17, 2015

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Center for Health and Biosciences | Global Health | Policy Brief

Mosquito-transmitted Epidemics: Dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile in the United States and Mexico

This policy brief urges collaboration between the United States and Mexico to address widespread epidemics of mosquito-transmitted diseases like West Nile, dengue and chikungunya in both countries. Such policy development should focus on vector control programs, public awareness and the development of vaccines to curb the spread of these diseases.

Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Jennifer R. Herricks December 16, 2015