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Why estimates of COVID-19's fatality rate might keep changing, limiting out-of-network payments to hospitals, RAND's fundraising campaign, and more.

The coronavirus intensifies, cyber threats from drones, Truth Decay and the media, and more.

Responding to Russian subversion, the first supervised drug consumption site in the U.S., artificial intelligence, and more.

Why the U.S. should extend New START, assessing Trump’s Middle East peace plan, new tobacco products, and more.

The unintended consequences of punishing pregnant women for substance use, Zimbabwe after Mugabe, U.S. infectious disease response, and more.

The State of the Union, how voting might improve your health, coronavirus, and more.

Community schools show promising results, the costs of Brexit uncertainty, coronavirus, and more.

Australia’s devastating fires, how artificial intelligence could manipulate the masses, fentanyl, and more.

U.S.-Turkish relations, helping commercial airports meet rising demand, overhauling America’s education and employment system, and more.

Iran, Iraq, and the death of Soleimani, plus new RAND research.

RAND experts on the killing of Qassem Soleimani, breaking down Kim Jong Un’s latest threat, opioid settlement funds, and more.

The Most Popular RAND Research from 2019

How Americans consume the news, U.S.–Iranian relations, Louisiana’s education reforms, and more.

What the U.S. can do about Hong Kong, Russia’s strategy in the Middle East, medical marijuana, and more.

Medicare for 50-to-64-year-olds, how to assess climate change plans, antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” and more.

Tools to fight disinformation online, the negative consequences of punishing pregnant women for drug use, how to ensure public trust in artificial intelligence, and more.

Saving veterans from suicide, the economic benefits of physical activity, helping people return from prison, and more.

Why we should talk more about violent white supremacy, the risks of using power outages to prevent wildfires, how to resolve the Hong Kong crisis, and more.

Effects of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, using drones to deliver blood, a Q;A on climate policy, and more.

The economic benefits of delaying school start times, the latest on Brexit, how streaming apps could help Americans be more active, and more.

The emerging risk of virtual societal warfare, understanding Iran’s domestic debates, supervised consumption sites, and more.

China’s 70th anniversary, why women belong in wargaming, challenges facing U.S. Army families, and more.

Healing the “invisible wounds” of war, how not to confront China, why teachers may need more than a pay raise, and more.

Transforming U.S. workforce development for the 21st century, the evidence on “stand your ground” laws, the teen vaping epidemic, and more.

Recovery in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian, what to do about hostile social manipulation, the state of al Qaeda 18 years after 9/11, and more.

The future of fentanyl, taking action to address mass shootings, teaching teen girls about national security, and more.

What Americans spend on illegal drugs, back-to-school tips from a sleep expert, why tariffs on China aren’t working, and more.

Preventing suicide in correctional facilities, the rise of fentanyl, what’s next for India and Kashmir, and more.

Gun policy after El Paso and Dayton, maintaining America’s role in the Pacific, following ISIS’s financial trail, and more.

How consumers respond to data breaches, fentanyl’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis, new security risks at correctional institutions, and more.

Boris Johnson takes over as British PM, introducing teen girls to wargaming, health risks for migrant children detained at the border, and more.

Cost barriers to playing youth sports, who’s liable when autonomous vehicles get hacked, looking ahead to U.S.-North Korea talks, and more.

Media literacy education as a way to fight “Truth Decay,” the importance of school principals, turning screen time into outdoor time, and more.

How to end U.S. roadway deaths by 2050, changing how America decides on “wars of choice,” a mental health social marketing campaign, and more.

The costs of U.S.–Iran confrontation, discipline reform in America’s schools, why the North Korea problem is bigger than nukes, and more.

Understanding the Hong Kong–China relationship, lessons for state education reform, addressing perceived gender bias in the U.S. Coast Guard, and more.

What can be done about ISIS detainees, a program that helps reduce homelessness, Modi’s reelection in India, and more.

Theresa May resigns, ways to prevent veteran suicide, Iran’s network of fighters, and more.

How the news has changed in the digital age, rising U.S.-Iranian tensions, new rules for the internet, and more.

Private health plans pay hospitals much more than Medicare would, common-sense solutions to the border crisis, reducing opioid deaths, and more.

How the Mueller report might affect Russia, ISIS’s leader resurfaces, uncertainty over Brexit, and more.

A program that helps children exposed to trauma, why women belong in Coast Guard crews, making outer space safer, and more.

What educators think about school reform, tackling the opioid crisis, the latest on U.S.-Iran relations, and more.

Spending estimates under Medicare for All, the benefits of “principal pipelines,” graphic warning labels on cigarettes, and more.

NATO’s 70th anniversary, food deserts, gender diversity in the Coast Guard, and more.

Russian social media influence, congestion pricing in Manhattan, cryptocurrencies, and more.

The Christchurch shootings, the UK’s post-Brexit prospects, “Cost Plus 50,” and more.

Infants with opioid withdrawal symptoms, peace talks in Afghanistan, intentional bias in artificial intelligence, and more.

How humans handle speed, paying people to use lower-price health care providers, gun policy in America, and more.

The growing criminalization of America’s youth, the Trump-Kim summit, how cities can prepare for climate change, and more.

Iran’s efforts to spy on the U.S., how to improve terrorism prevention, the costs of Russia’s foreign policy decisions, and more.

Americans’ financial fragility, assessing the effectiveness of a border wall, U.S. gun policy, and more.

Insights from RAND after the State of the Union, another U.S.-North Korea summit, reformulating OxyContin, and more.

U.S.-Taliban peace talks, single-payer health care, comparing threats from Russia and China, and more.

Four problems on the Korean Peninsula, holding hackers accountable, triaging climate change, and more.

The critical roles of federal workers, withdrawing from Afghanistan, reinventing public policy graduate school, and more.

What a border wall can accomplish, confusion over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, reducing student suspensions, and more.

U.S. pressure on North Korea, consumer reactions to data breaches, the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and more.

The Most Popular RAND Research from 2018

Syrian refugees can contribute to local economies, prospects for Brexit, marijuana legalization, and more.

Heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites, the risk of political violence in America, U.S. immigration policy options are limited, and more.

Deterring aggression abroad, what to do about North Korea, a wellness program that uses the Apple Watch, and more.

What we know about PTSD, a new research initiative on guns in America, helping kids cope with trauma, and more.

The challenges facing veterans and their loved ones, a chance for bipartisan infrastructure policy, realignment in the Middle East, and more.

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, countering Russian social media influence, "Medicare for All" myths, and more.

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