Lauren Giella

New York

Debate and Rankings Reporter at Newsweek

Debate + Rankings Reporter @Newsweek | @USCAnnenberg ‘20 | Formerly @AnnenbergMedia @southlareport @oprahmagazine @IDAorg | Email [email protected]

Articles

AI Impact Awards 2025: Every Cure Aims to 'Teach Old Drugs New Tricks'

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Alexis Kayser |Lauren Giella

Every Cure, a nonprofit working to reveal the untapped potential of existing medications, has emerged as the overall winner of Newsweek's inaugural AI Impact Awards. The AI Impact Awards evaluated AI solutions across several business sectors, including health care, mobility, workplace and education. Winners were celebrated for pursuing big ideas that generated significant impacts when put into practical use.
Focus on sustainability, inclusivity pays off for these top workplaces

3 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

Employees are increasingly finding that salary and benefits are not enough to keep them happy at work. In fact, only 24 percent of U.S. employees believe their organization cares about their well-being, according to a Gallup poll. This comes as only about one-third of employees feel respected at work and 24 percent of employees feel "very often" or "always" burned out at their job. Improving employee well-being boosts retention. The primary reason people are leaving their job?
Focus on Sustainability, Inclusivity Pays Off for These Top Workplaces

3 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Lauren Giella

Employees are increasingly finding that salary and benefits are not enough to keep them happy at work. In fact, only 24 percent of U.S. employees believe their organization cares about their well-being, according to a Gallup poll. This comes as only about one-third of employees feel respected at work and 24 percent of employees feel "very often" or "always" burned out at their job. Improving employee well-being boosts retention. The primary reason people are leaving their job?
These are the world's greenest financial institutions

4 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

Amid the world's growing climate crisis, experts predict global temperatures will continue to rise, reaching about 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100. Increased greenhouse gas emissions and pollution will lead to more extreme weather, drought and crop failure. As the situation becomes more dire, companies around the world are taking steps to mitigate their impact on the environment.
Health care's AI governance requires transparency and testing, experts say

1 month ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

As health care systems scale the adoption of new technologies, there is a growing need for strong leadership and policies to ensure the new technology aligns with patient safety goals. On Tuesday, May 20, Newsweek's Health Care Editor Alexis Kayser hosted a virtual event to explore how the health care industry is responsibly adopting AI.
A unifying company culture can bridge generational divides in the workplace

1 month ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

Baby Boomers, Generation X, millennials and Generation Z - what do they have in common? They are all on the same Teams call or sharing an office at companies across all industries in the U.S.Older generations have been working for decades in traditional office structures that now seem foreign in the five years since the COVID-19 pandemic shut industries down and forced many non-essential workers to work from home.
Staff well-being has 'direct correlation' to guest satisfaction, hotels say

1 month ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

Every week at the Great Wolf Lodge in South Florida, General Manager Jason Bays meets with the executive team on the property. As leadership gathers around the table in the boardroom, two seats are left vacant to represent an employee, known as a Pack Member, and a guest. "It starts with the mentality, it's people-focused," Bays, who has worked for the resort since 2018 at four locations, told Newsweek.
Improving health care access is key to solving maternal mortality crisis

1 month ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

As a maternity nurse for over a decade, Meagan Daigle has seen it all. But it wasn't until she battled her own postpartum health issues that she truly understood the full scope of the maternal health journey. Mental health issues, including postpartum depression, anxiety and even post-traumatic stress, are very common among new mothers but are often overlooked or forgotten.
Amid Arkansas' struggling maternal health, this maternity hospital shines

2 months ago | newsweek.com | Lauren Giella

Dr. Mendy Mack, a board-certified OB/GYN, had to reschedule her interview because her patient was going into labor earlier than expected. But shortly after delivering a healthy baby to a healthy mother, she was on the phone talking about her passion for maternal health and the positive culture at Mercy that enables that passion. "What brings a woman to your office is not just her primary medical concern," said Mack, who has been at Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas for 12 years.
Arkansas’ Maternal Health is Struggling, But This Hospital Is One of America’s Best

2 months ago | idahostatesman.com | Lauren Giella

Dr. Mendy Mack, a board-certified OB/GYN, had to reschedule her interview because her patient was going into labor earlier than expected. But shortly after delivering a healthy baby to a healthy mother, she was on the phone talking about her passion for maternal health and the positive culture at Mercy that enables that passion. "What brings a woman to your office is not just her primary medical concern," said Mack, who has been at Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas for 12 years.