Community Drug Awareness Day: Bridging Public Health and Safety August 16, 2024
As the overdose epidemic persists, comprehensive solutions are needed. Access to drug treatment and related services is…
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Awareness to Action: Firearm Injury Prevention and Policy Recommendations
Each firearm injury statistic represents a person with a unique story. By empowering young people to advocate for new…
August 16, 2024 
3 Years After Fall of Kabul, US Congress Has Still Not Acted To Secure Future of More Than 70,000 Afghan Evacuees in US August 15, 2024
Amid the chaos that followed the U.S. pullout of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, the Biden administration declared that…
Coercive annexation of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China would unleash globally destructive consequences, Rice Baker Institute report says August 15, 2024
A new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy argues that an annexation of Taiwan by the People’s…
Ukraine’s Electricity Sector: Urgency and Resilience in a Time of War
Ukraine's power grid is under severe strain, with Russian attacks reducing electricity generation capacity to just one-third…
August 14, 2024 
Targeting Injury Disparities: Houston’s Young Pedestrians and Cyclists
Throughout Houston, disparities in injury risk for children walking and biking are prevalent. In a new Center for Health and…
August 13, 2024 
Tackling Texas Childhood Obesity with Evidence-Based Policies
Treatment advances over the past decade offer new medications and procedures to combat the growing problem of childhood…
August 12, 2024 
Rice’s Baker Institute unveils Argentina Energy Sector Initiative August 8, 2024
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy announces a new initiative focused on the Argentine energy sector that…
Physicians’ Rights and Patients’ Safety: Protecting Miscarriage Care Access in Texas
Texas abortion bans lack specific guidelines for physicians to follow when providing reproductive care, especially in…
August 7, 2024 
Lessons From Hurricane Beryl
On this episode of the Baker Briefing podcast, Jim Blackburn and Edward M. Emmett discuss the takeaways from Hurricane Beryl…
August 5, 2024