RAND Corporation

👥 Society

Jul 25, 2026

Federal Spending Mapping Tools

This document describes a set of tools intended to help map the majority of U.S. federal spending to the people, communities, and businesses that receive those funds and the populations that benefit from the programs supported by that spending

Global

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 23, 2026

Effects of Exposure to Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing Exhibit on College Students’ Mental Health Help-Seeking Intentions

This study examined effects of exposure to a campus mental health promotion exhibit on changes in college students’ help-seeking intentions

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 22, 2026

Diffusion of HIV Prevention Advocacy in Social Networks of Persons Living with HIV in Uganda

These findings provide evidence of an initial step of HIV prevention advocacy diffusion from index to first-degree alter, thereby highlighting the potential for scaled-up dissemination of knowledge and behavior change for HIV prevention

Uganda

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🌍 Geopolitics

Jul 22, 2026

China's strategic petroleum reserve as a geoeconomic tool

Chinese policy around the use of their SPR as a geoeconomic tool, particularly in crisis scenarios, is not well understood. This project investigates potential ways for China to do so, but not whether China actually intends to use it in this way

China

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💻 Technology

Jul 22, 2026

The Men and Women of Project Firestar—How the United States Developed the Labor Force to Colonize Titan

The authors examine the changes necessary to produce a U.S. labor force sufficient to sustain technoeconomic leadership through 2050 while achieving a prestige technoeconomic marvel comparable to the successful manned mission to the moon in 1969

United States

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📈 Economy

Jul 21, 2026

An Economic Analysis of Midstream Manufacturing in the EU Defence and Aerospace Sectors and Opportunities for a More Circular Economy in the UK

This report is a concise review of the policy, regulatory and economic landscape for the EU-UK midstream areas in the aerospace and defence sectors

United Kingdom

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 21, 2026

Staffing Audit Outcomes Among California Skilled Nursing Facilities, Prior to and After COVID-19–Related Staffing Waivers

California conducts audits of skilled nursing facilities to ensure required staffing levels. We examined facility characteristics associated with failing these audits, trends before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of waiver policies

United States

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🌱 Environment

Jul 21, 2026

Basement Wetness, Indoor Environmental Hazards, and Health in Climate-Vulnerable Urban Communities

Examined links between basement wetness, indoor microbial and radon exposures, air quality, and residents health and risk perceptions in two predominantly Black, climate-vulnerable Pittsburgh neighborhoods using a community-engaged design

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 18, 2026

Association of Coverage-Promoting Policies With Initiation and Discontinuation of Buprenorphine Treatment During Medicaid Unwinding

We examined associations between coverage-promoting policies and changes in initiation and discontinuation of buprenorphine treatment during Medicaid unwinding

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 18, 2026

Variations in Incidence and Financial Burdens of Nonpancreatic Postendoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Adverse Events

Nonpancreatic ERCP adverse events occur in over 5% of cases and can impose a substantial financial burden on both healthcare systems and patients

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 18, 2026

The Texas Abortion Ban and Maternal Mental Health

To examine the association of the implementation of Texas Senate Bill 8 abortion law, which banned abortions after embryonic cardiac activity in September 2021, with maternal mental health outcomes

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Jul 17, 2026

How Do Services Offered Within Opioid Treatment Programs Vary Based on State Methadone Policies?

In this study, we compare the availability of medication for opioid use disorder options, psychosocial services, and housing supports across OTPs operating in states with different levels of OTP policy restrictions

United States

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