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Artificial Intelligence in Policing Is the Focus of Encode Justice
Feb. 10, 2021
CHW affiliate Ruha Benjamin has sounded the alarm about a “new Jim Code,” a reference to the Jim Crow laws that once enforced segregation in the U.S. Others have alluded to a tech-to-prison pipeline, making it crystal clear that mass incarceration isn’t going away — it’s just being warped by a sophisticated, high-tech touch.
Adherence to health precautions, not climate, the biggest factor driving wintertime COVID-19 outbreaks
Feb. 10, 2021
The surge in wintertime COVID-19 outbreaks has been largely driven by whether people adhere to measures such as wearing masks and social distancing, rather than climate, according to a study by CHW affiliates Jessica Metcalf and Bryan Grenfell, and other Princeton researchers.
Forecasting the Next COVID-19
Feb. 4, 2021
CHW affiliate Jessica Metcalf and fellow researchers say that predicting disease could become as commonplace as predicting the weather. The Global Immunological Observatory, like a weather center forecasting a tornado or hurricane, would alert the world, earlier than ever before, to dangerous emerging pathogens like SARS-CoV-2.
History Shows Americans Have Always Been Wary of Vaccines
Jan. 29, 2021
CHW affiliate Keith Wailoo contributes to a historical perspective on vaccines, in this piece by Smithsonian Magazine. According to Wailoo, "There’s a history of the question of how you balance individual liberty—the right to refuse—versus the policing of the public health."
COVID-19 and Global Income Inequality
Jan. 25, 2021
There is a widespread belief that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased global income inequality, reducing per capita incomes by more in poor countries than in rich. This supposition is reasonable but false, according to a study by CHW affiliate Angus Deaton. On the contrary, his paper concludes that international income inequality has decreased.
Alexander Ploss Seeks to Impact COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatment
Jan. 21, 2021
Funded by Princeton University, CHW affiliate Alexander Ploss and his team are developing a less virulent version of SARS-CoV-2 to make it safer for handling in the laboratory. They are also collaborating with scientists at Boston University to uncover treatments for SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome.
COVID-19 Reduced U.S. life Expectancy, Especially Among Black and Latino Populations
Jan. 15, 2021
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Written by Jenesse Miller, University of Southern California; Edited by B. Rose Huber
Due to the pandemic deaths last year, life expectancy at birth for Americans will shorten by 1.13 years to 77.48 years, according to a study conducted by CHW affiliate Noreen Goldman and Theresa Andrasfay, who earned her Ph.D. at Princeton and is now at the University of Southern California.  
Health Policy Task Force Pivots to COVID-19
Jan. 14, 2021
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Written by Aimee Bronfeld, Center for Health and Wellbeing
Thanks to a grant from Princeton’s 250th Anniversary Fund for Innovation in Undergraduate Education, CHW affiliate Heather Howard modified the SPIA Policy Task Force on “Health Care for Vulnerable Populations in the U.S.” to explore the crossroads of policy, the pandemic, and health inequities.
Meet the Class of 2022 Health Scholars
Jan. 14, 2021
The Center for Health and Wellbeing has selected six students as Class of 2022 Health Scholars. All of them will receive financial support for travel and research to pursue internships and senior thesis research that relate to domestic and international health care and health policy.
Faculty Book Named to “100 Notable Books of 2020” by The New York Times
Dec. 22, 2020
A book penned by CHW affiliates Anne C. Case and Sir Angus Deaton was named to The New York Times’ list of “100 Notable Books of 2020.”