…many black officers it already employs. For most cities, simply increasing the share of black officers would not be an effective policy solution, the researchers find after examining arrest-related deaths…
Expert Commentary
…“Potential Exposure to Anti-Drug Advertising and Drug-Related Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors Among United States Youth, 1995-2006,” analyzed the extent that anti-drug television ads influenced young people’s behavior and attitudes during…
Expert Commentary
…their fruit-flavored products, which U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb views as appealing to children. In November 2018, the FDA announced a policy framework aimed at preventing youth…
Expert Commentary
…higher than the number of deaths caused by overdoses from all other drugs, combined. Alcohol consumption has been causally linked to over 200 disease and injury conditions, per the World…
Expert Commentary
…or whether that’s influencing the results,” Silver says. The “2015-2019 Drug Trials Snapshots Summary Report,” published in November 2020 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, also shows women were…
Expert Commentary
…people with Alzheimer’s disease are diagnosed,” says McCarthy. There are currently no drugs that reverse dementia. Aduhelm, which was approved in June 2021 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,…
Expert Commentary
…9(7): e1001247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001247. Abstract: “Policy discussions about the feasibility of massively scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) to reduce HIV transmission and incidence hinge on accurately projecting the cost of…
Expert Commentary
…often include useful statistics and contextual information for journalists and policy makers. For this research roundup we’ve sourced policy briefs on the rural impact of COVID-19 and other issues of…
Expert Commentary
…LGBT Latina/o populations.” Public policy responses “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy” Luca, Michael; Malhotra, Deepak K.; Poliquin, Christopher. Harvard Business School working paper, May 2016….
Expert Commentary
…the United States, 1995–2004 Andrés, Antonio Rodríguez; Hempstead, Katherine. Health Policy, June 2011. The intervention: Gun control “Means restriction” is a term for suicide prevention strategies that focus on reducing…
Expert Commentary