What we know about fighting Ebola (interview with Adam Levine)
May 25, 2018 International Medical Corps
Adam Levine, Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, speaks to International Medical Corps about the fight against Ebola.
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The Arc of History Bends Toward Coverage: Health Policy at a Crossroads
April 9, 2018
A new article co-written by Public Policy Professor James A. Morone analyzes the repeated interaction between Republicans and Democrats when a U.S. president seeks to expand health coverage, and wonders if the Affordable Care Act has broken the pattern.
The arc of history bends toward coverage: Health policy at a crossroads (written by James A. Morone)
March 7, 2018 The Commonwealth Fund
Political scientist James A. Morone teams up with The Commonwealth Fund's President David Blumenthal to look back at the Affordable Care Act's passage through a historical lens, beginning with Harry Truman's proposed universal insurance plan in 1945.
Are You Getting Evidence-Based Healthcare? (interview with Eric Patashnik)
February 23, 2018 Innovation Hub
Eric Patashnik joins Innovation Hub to discuss evidence-based medical procedures and his recent book, Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine.
A Top-Secret US Military Base Will Melt Out of the Greenland Ice Sheet (comments by Jeff Colgan)
February 20, 2018 Motherboard
Political scientist Jeff Colgan discusses his new study on the impacts of climate change on military bases. “It’s not a high priority. In fact it’s a barely known [issue] in Washington."
Evidence-based guidelines for supportive care of patients with Ebola virus disease
February 17, 2018
In new research, Adam C. Levine, Faculty Fellow and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, joined colleagues to employ the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology to develop eveidence-based guidelines for the care of admitted Ebola patients.
Is There a Place for Environmental Justice in Global Health? (written by Alex Nading)
February 8, 2018 Edge Effects
Senior Fellow Alex Nading in Edge Effects, "Occupational health experts compare the work of planting and harvesting sugarcane to running a half marathon in 90-plus degree weather, going home and going to sleep, and doing the same thing again for the next five days.
Efforts of climate change can complicate the politics of military bases, study finds (research by Jeff Colgan cited)
February 5, 2018 News from Brown
When Project Iceworm, an abandoned Cold War-era U.S. Army initiative in Greeland was shut down in 1967, military expected leftover materials would freeze. A new study by Jeff Colgan finds that now, the melting ice in the Arctic has remobilized some toxic waste and threatens to do the same at other sites.
Emily Oster on Diabetes and Diet, Disease and Vaccinations and Debunking Pregnancy Myths
January 19, 2018 Economic Rockstar Podcast
Economist Emily Oster joined economics and finance lecturer Frank Conway on his podcast Economic Rockstar to discuss diabetes and diets, disease and vaccinations, and pregnancy myths.
After a Debacle, How California Became a Role Model on Measles (co-written by Emily Oster)
January 16, 2018 The New York Times
In The New York Times' The Upshot, Emily Oster co-writes about the 2014 episode that left 159 Disneyland visitors with the measles, and the policy change that followed in California that triggered a jump in vaccination rates across the state.
These are the states where infant mortality is highest (research by Emily Oster cited)
January 5, 2018 CNN
Research by Emily Oster is cited about the infant mortality rate in the United States. "In the paper, published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 'we find that 45% of regional differences can be attributed to differences in birth weight, with lower birth weights in states like Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, especially relative to the Northeast.'"
Why American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don't work (written by Eric Patashnik)
December 28, 2017 Vox
Professor Eric Patashnik in Vox, "Eventually, the war over Obamacare will end. When it does, there may be an opening to have a sensible conversation about ensuring that patients receive treatments grounded in sound science."
CVS and Aetna: Will It Work? (research by Jim Morone cited)
December 8, 2017 Barron's
Research by Jim Morone is cited in an article about the recent announcement that CVS will buy insurance company Aetna.
Congress should massively ramp up funding for the NIH (Costs of War Project cited)
December 6, 2017 The Hill
A 2016 report by the Costs of War Project is cited in an article about finding for the National Institutes of Health. "During the post-9/11 era, this country has spent $4.8 trillion on national security related to the war on terrorism, according to a Brown University analysis."
Don't tell a world class economist what to do (even if she is pregnant) (interview with Emily Oster)
November 27, 2017 Baby Talk
Economist Emily Oster joined Penny Johnston on Baby Talk podcast, and challenges the traditional pregnancy advice.
How to Think about "Medicare for All"
November 17, 2017
In a new article, political scientist Jim Morone deconstructs Senator Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" health plan, suggesting that it can win out in the end.
Realizing The Promise Of Choosing Wisely Will Require Changes Both In The Culture Of Specialty Societies And In Public Policy (co-written by Eric Patashnik)
November 8, 2017 Health Affairs
Eric Patashnik in Health Affairs, "Medical societies have a responsibility to educate doctors not only about the financial costs of unnecessary treatments but also about how their own practice styles can lower the quality of care patients receive."
Impact of nutrition interventions on pediatric mortality and nutrition outcomes in humanitarian emergencies
October 27, 2017
In a new systematic review, Faculty Fellow and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, Adam Levine, joins colleagues to offer insight on 31 research studies that explore nutritional interventions for children during humanitarian emergencies.
Unhealthy politics: The battle over evidence-based medicine (research by Eric Patashnik cited)
October 25, 2017 Yale News
A book review of "Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine" that draws on public opinion surveys, physician surveys, case studies, and political science models to explain how political incentives, polarization, and the misuse of professional authority have undermined efforts to tackle the medical evidence problem and curb wasteful spending.
Lessons from the Brookings Institution (Eric Patashnik mentioned)
October 6, 2017 Robert Pearl Blog
Eric Patashnik is mentioned in a post about a panel discussion he participated in at the Brookings Institute entitled "What Does 21st Century Medicine Look Like?"