Author: Nini Gu
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Is Training Informal Healthcare Providers The Solution to India’s Doctor Shortage?
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India, like other developing countries, is struggling with a scarcity of formally trained medical professionals, especially in rural and isolated areas. This gap has fueled the proliferation of informal healthcare providers, known pejoratively as “medical quacks.” These untrained providers provide more than 70 percent of primary care in rural India.…
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Fight for the Heavens: The Role of Religion in Shaping Attitudes toward Space Policy
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This piece, first published on April 1, 2016, is being republished as part of the Chicago Policy Review‘s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. In recent years, NASA has increasingly focused its programs on space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life. This is a…
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Metadata: Reidentification Using Telephone Data is Easier Than You Think
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Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the US government passed the USA Patriot Act in October 2001, in what members of Congress and the Bush administration said was an effort to strengthen national security. However, opponents criticized the law for including provisions that encroached on citizens’ privacy and civil liberties.…
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Fight for the Heavens: The Role of Religion in Shaping Attitudes toward Space Policy
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Religions pose some attitudinal influences toward space policy. These attitudes deviate the most from the wider population among Evangelical Christians.
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Antibiotic Breach: The Fall of Another Powerful Antibiotic Drug
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This study presents the first observed case of transmittable antibiotic resistance to colistin, one of the most potent antibiotics available. Colistin belongs to a class of antibiotics of “last resort,” called polymyxin. The study highlights the need for increased regulation of antimicrobial use to avoid a global health crisis.
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The Changing Landscape of GMO Policy in the EU
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Diffusion patterns of GMO-“freeness” in the EU reveal significant intra-state diffusion but limited inter-state growth.