Overview As Philadelphia leaders try to predict what shape the city’s economy will take over the next few years, the biggest unknowns are how long, and in what ways, the COVID-19 pandemic will affect ...

To plan for the surgical separation of conjoined twin girls in 2020, surgeons at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital needed realistic, life-size models of their patients’ shared ...

The ocean plays an essential role in sustaining life on our planet. Covering nearly three-fourths of the globe, it is home to nearly a quarter of the world’s known species and many more yet to be ...

Alcohol is the leading driver of substance use-related fatalities in America: Each year, frequent or excessive drinking causes approximately 178,000 deaths. 1 Excessive alcohol use is common in the ...

Nationwide, about 3.7 million U.S. children—1 in 20—live in a household without a parent as their primary caregiver. Many are cared for by grandparents or another family member or friend, and these ...

Founded in 1948, The Pew Charitable Trusts uses data to make a difference. Pew addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious ...

French Polynesian President Édouard Fritch recently committed to conserving 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of the ocean by creating a new large-scale marine protected area and ...

Overview Commercial tuna fisheries represent a significant part of the blue economy, with seven species—yellowfin, skipjack, bigeye, albacore, and Atlantic, Pacific, and southern bluefin—among the ...

Like most major American cities, Chicago and Washington, D.C., are struggling with a trio of real estate challenges: a housing shortage that has driven up rents, record rates of homelessness (in large ...

In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. The comprehensive plan comes as suicide deaths among Americans have reached a ...

Policymakers at every level of government are grappling with the rising costs of storms, floods, wildfires, and other natural disasters and how best to aid affected communities. As disasters have ...

Gloria Arriagada is a member of the 2007 class of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. She works as a researcher and associate professor at the Institute of Biomedical ...