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Quarterly Opinion
November 2025 Harold A. Pollack,
nsider the story of John Miller, a fictionalized Chicagoan, who lives with a serious mental illness and co-occurring addiction disorders. He recently left a psychiatric inpatient facility. Estranged from his family, Mr. Miller was on the verge of becoming street homeless. More
Quarterly Article
November 2025 ANDRE NOGUEIRA, MARGARET M. FITZPATRICK, ASHLEY GRESH, KENNEDY MCDANIEL, TIFFANY J. RISER, TERRANCE LINDSAY, RANDI WOODS, ADEDOYIN EISAPE, LISA STAMBOLIS, ALICIA COOKE, BRUCE LEFF, ELIANA PERRIN, REGINA HAMMOND, Sarah L. Szanton,
Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other nation, the United States experiences declining life expectancy and increasing chronic disease burden—a paradox reflecting fundamental limitations in the current treatment-centered, facility-based care system. This paper introduces Neighborhood Nursing, an innovative universal care infrastructure designed to shift the US healthcare toward proactive, prevention-centered care organized geographically in neighborhoods. More
November 2025 Rebekah H. Nagler, Erika Franklin Fowler, Emily K. Vraga, Alexander J. Rothman, Sarah E. Gollust,
US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey. More
October 2025 Joshua M. Sharfstein,
If repetition is the mother of learning, then I am learning that the second Trump administration likes to use the term “gold standard science.” It is… More
October 2025 Katherine A. Kennedy, Cyrus Kosar, Madison S. Williams, Kali S. Thomas,
Context: Funded partially by the Older Americans Act, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (LTCOPs) provide a critical role in serving as… More
October 2025 Lawrence O. Gostin,
Throughout my career, I have chaired and been a member of countless scientific and health policy advisory committees for the federal… More
October 2025 David Rosner,
The Senate Finance Committee hearings with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) were explosive. The Secretary of Health and Human Services was accused of… More
September 2025 Michael J. Yedidia, Joel C. Cantor,
Cross-sector collaborations among health care and housing services organizations promise more efficient use of resources and delivery of more coherent and effective services to people experiencing homelessness (PEH). More
September 2025 Isaac Weldon, Kathleen Liddell, Kevin Outterson,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing global health crisis rooted in complex collective action problems. Despite the urgency, policy responses have not kept pace with the escalating threat of drug resistance. By recognizing the similarities between AMR governance and other shared-resource challenges in environmental governance, this article examines potential strategies for AMR governance. More
September 2025 Alan B. Cohen,
The Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate all manner of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices from government agencies, universities, and private sector workplaces has been coupled with steep funding cuts to key health agencies and the cancellation or freezing of medical research grants and contracts. It’s not just the careers of promising scientists and medical researchers that are at stake, but also the nation’s preeminent standing in the scientific community. Science unfortunately has become the latest victim in the culture wars taking place in the United States. More
