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Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How Long Students Attend College

Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How Long Students Attend College

Publication
Abt’s Find the Fit study found the enhancements to the Department of Education’s Upward Bound program did not help students avoid undermatching.
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Mitigating Pollution from Solid Waste

Project
Since 2013, Abt Global has been assisting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in addressing air pollution in the solid waste sector under the auspices of the Global Methane Initiative.
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Providing the First Forecast for Space Weather Effects and Impacts

Project
“Space weather” isn’t the next blockbuster movie franchise; it refers to conditions created by the sun, solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere near Earth’s space environment that impact our planet. The effects of space weather can…
Tracking COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Infants

Tracking COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Infants

Project
Pregnant women may be more vulnerable than the general population to respiratory infections and severe respiratory complications from COVID-19, and CDC needs more research on their potential effects on birth outcomes to continue to guide the public. In…
Supporting EPA Develop Indicators of Climate Change

Supporting EPA Develop Indicators of Climate Change

Project
In its 2016 edition of Climate Change Indicators in the United States, more than 40 indicators of climate change demonstrate that global warming is already affecting the environment and society worldwide. The report, supported in part with data from Abt…
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Youth Health in Nepal: Levels, Trends and Determinants

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Expanding V-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry

Expanding V-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry

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COVID-19 may put pregnant women at risk for severe illness or death, but data are limited on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for them. To monitor potential safety issues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created the v-safe COVID-19…
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Understanding Homeless Encampments in Long Beach, L.A. River Basin, and San Fernando Valley

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A Conrad N. Hilton Foundation-funded, Abt-led evaluation studied three encampments in Los Angeles.
Impact of Age and Symptom Development on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Households With Children—Maryland, New York, and Utah, August 2020–October 2021

Impact of Age and Symptom Development on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Households With Children—Maryland, New York, and Utah, August 2020–October 2021

Publication
A new CDC study from the pre-Omicron era shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce the chance of COVID-19 infection, and isolation helps prevent transmission.