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Gov. Jared Polis on Monday announced a second round of grants intended to address learning gaps brought on by the pandemic. The RISE (Response, Innovation and Study Equity) fund will send $26.6 million to 19 education partners around Colorado to help address three areas: academic loss related to the pandemic that has left many low-income students months or even a year behind academically; mental health needs from the isolation Colorado students have experienced in the pandemic; and helping students prepare for the changing economic climate brought on by the pandemic. The fund is paid for thro...

ACA's Medicaid expansion helped find undiagnosed cases of HIV By (0) In another sign that the Affordable Care Act has been good for Americans' health, a new study finds that a large number of undiagnosed HIV cases in the United States came to light after Medicaid's expansion under the health insurance law. Not only that, there was also an increase in the use of HIV prevention services, the researchers said. Advertisement "Increasing community awareness of HIV and increasing individuals' awareness of their HIV status is key to reducing new infections," said study author Dolores Albarracín, ...

Listen to this post RBC | Yesterday, Governor Polis announced the second round of Response, Innovation, and Student Equity (RISE) Fund awardees to innovate and transform public education. The RISE fund was created to support innovation in high-needs school districts, charter schools, and public institutions of higher education to address the learning challenges related to the economic, social, and health impacts of COVID-19 in a manner that creates sustainable innovations that improve student learning, close equity gaps, and enhance operational efficiency for pre-K-12 through higher education...

The Medicaid expansion facilitated by the Affordable Care Act led to increases in the identification of undiagnosed HIV infections and in the use of HIV prevention services such as preexposure prophylaxis drugs, says new research co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts who study the intersection of health care and public policy.

Negative mental health effects of pandemic lockdowns spike, then fade Absent a widely available vaccine, mitigation measures such as stay-at-home mandates, lockdowns or shelter-in-place orders have been the major public health policies deployed by state governments to curb the spread of COVID-19. But given the uncertain duration of such policies, questions have been raised about the potential negative mental health consequences of extended lockdowns with indefinite end dates. But according to new research co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts who study the in...