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IMAGE: Jessica Hallman Silverman, who joined the College of Information Sciences and Technology last year as an assistant professor with a focus in biomedical statistics, made global headlines last summer for his study suggesting that 80% of U.S. COVID-19 cases went undetected in March 2020. He and his research team analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the number of patients who sought medical care for influenza-like illnesses during that time span. That number, said Silverman, was far in excess over what was reported in previous years. By applying probab...

Share: A recording of our event on the causes and consequences of the deepening care crisis and the possibilities for establishing a new politics of care, boldly reimagined.  COVID-19 has shone all too bright a light onto the problems that beset health and social care. Yet, even before the pandemic, it was clear our health and well-being was far from guaranteed. Years of neoliberal restructuring, austerity measures, the pursuit of profit as well as structural racism have created devastating vulnerabilities and entrenched profound inequalities in the access to care that go hand in hand with a...

February 02, 2021 Jay Carney, Sarah Cleveland, Benedict Morelli, Nazanin Rafsanjani, and Mara Frankel Wallace Join Human Rights First Board WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today announced the addition of five new members to its board of directors:  Jay Carney, Sarah Cleveland, Benedict Morelli, Nazanin Rafsanjani, and Mara Frankel Wallace.  “We are thrilled to welcome such distinguished colleagues to the board of Human Rights First, given the urgency and importance of the organization’s mission advancing human rights and justice in the ...

MIT REAP launches new regional innovation and entrepreneurship acceleration program in Nova Scotia following successful UK pilot MIT REAP Focus offers regions across the globe a bespoke, local-focused model News provided by Share this article Share this article CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP) announced the launch of its new Focus program in Nova Scotia following a successful pilot program in the UK. MIT REAP is a powerful global initiative that engages with communities to supercharge innovation and entrep...

Children of Syria – The Lost Hope Ten Years of Relentless Violations of Children’s Rights Documented by the Syrian Network for Human Rights Over the past ten years, children in Syria have been subjected to all sorts of human rights and international humanitarian law violations, with no distinction made by warring parties between adults and children, nor consideration for children’s unique vulnerability and protected status under IHL. There is barely any atrocity that adults were subjected to throughout the Syrian conflict that was not inflicted upon children as well. These appa...