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Why is health being ignored in ESG investing?
What’s happening? ShareAction has developed a framework to help investors measure the impact of their portfolios on health. The framework ...
Mubaasil Hassan
October 15, 2021
The human toll of extreme weather and climate change
What’s happening? Modern slavery – including human trafficking and bonded labour – is increasing in India, as criminals capitalise on climate change-linked displacement, according to a ...
Sara Trett
October 1, 2021
The disparities in maternal care need addressing
What's happening? Babyscripts has raised $12m to expand its virtual obstetrics care platform in the US to help tackle an obstetricians shortage and increasing ...
Nicola Watts
October 1, 2021
Companies push back against Texas abortion law
What’s happening? Anti-abortion website Texas Right to Life has been forced to change web host after GoDaddy gave it 24 ...
Sara Trett
September 10, 2021
Keep working to save brain power
What's happening? Delaying retirement may slow cognitive decline, a paper in SSM – Population Health suggests. Researchers examined data from ...
Nicola Watts
September 10, 2021
Airbnb to house 20,000 Afghan refugees
What’s happening? Airbnb founder and CEO Brian Chesky has announced the company will start housing 20,000 Afghan refugees through its Airbnb ...
Sara Trett
September 3, 2021
AI can inexplicably detect race when we don’t want it to
What’s happening? AI models used to examine x-rays can identify a patient’s race, but how the algorithms do so cannot be ...
Sara Trett
August 20, 2021
How can diversity in clinical trials be improved?
What's happening? The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has launched Outreach Pro, a tool aimed at helping researchers and clinicians raise ...
Nicola Watts
August 6, 2021
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