Ethical and Legal Challenges Associated with Public Molecular Autopsies
The authors urge consideration of issues such as consent, confidentiality and return of results to ensure that the benefits…
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2021 Recommendations for the New Administration January 1, 2021
As it has since 2008, the Baker Institute has released a series of policy recommendations for the new presidential…
Rolling Back the Gains: Maternal Stress Undermines Pregnancy Health After Flint’s Water Switch
Environmental disasters impact disadvantaged communities disproportionately both through the epidemiological challenge of…
December 22, 2020 
Correlation Between Financial Toxicity, Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction in an Insured Population of Breast Cancer Surgical Patients: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study
This study leverages validated patient-reported outcomes measures to analyze the association between "financial toxicity"…
December 21, 2020 
Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Cashless Transition?
Driven by pandemic-related concerns, Americans are shifting away from cash toward digital payment transactions. Is COVID-19…
December 17, 2020 
State Restrictions and the COVID-19 Death Rate
Researchers explore states' responses to the pandemic and a possible association between the strictness of lockdowns and the…
December 16, 2020 
What I Learned in 2020 December 15, 2020
In 2020, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, science went from being a niche topic only nerdy people like us follow, to a major…
Lessons From 2020: To Avoid Future Disasters, Improve Science Communication December 15, 2020
2020 will go down in history as a year of unprecedented natural disasters. Wildfires in California and Colorado were the…
COVID-19: Some Lessons Learned December 15, 2020
In a series of blogs, experts from the Science and Technology Program write about the lessons they learned as COVID-19…
Mexico Country Outlook 2021
What should businesses and investors know to successfully navigate Mexico's complicated economic, social and political…
December 15, 2020