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Infectious Disease State Health Policy
September 2026 Sara Rosenbaum,
Beginning in 2025, longstanding opponents of vaccines have held the highest positions of federal public health policy powers. More
September 2026 Mary-Margaret A. Fill, William Schaffner,
Over the last decade, the United States has encountered numerous infectious disease-related public health threats, observed declines in life expectancy and childhood vaccination rates, and experienced rapid changes and reorganizations to the domestic public health system. More
Health Law
September 2026 Sara Rosenbaum, Jane L. Tavares, Marc A. Cohen, Alison Barkoff, Feygele Jacobs,
It is axiomatic that federal rules must be legal. More
Health Care Costs Health Insurance
September 2026 Kody H. Kinsley, Jeanne M. Lambrew, Doug Scaffidi,
State policymakers are confronting budget challenges stemming from recent federal restrictions on Medicaid funding, as well as from the rising costs… More
Social drivers of health
September 2026 Lisa Carter-Bawa,
Context: Despite substantial evidence that stigma produces measurable health inequities across conditions and populations, stigma remains absent from… More
Value-Based Payment
September 2026 Shannon N. Ogden, Stephanie Loo, Megan B. Cole, Kathryn D. Thompson, Kenneth N. Lim, Sarah H. Gordon, Collette N. Ncube, Elizabeth W. Patton, Karen E. Lasser, Lois McCloskey,
In the wake of a US maternal health crisis, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be a key opportunity to improve maternal health care. More
Population Health State Health Policy
September 2026 Jennifer Karas Montez, Jacob M. Grumbach,
American federalism involves decentralized policymaking across federal, state, and local governments. More
Public Health Social drivers of health
August 2026 Mona Hanna, H. Luke Shaefer,
Public health has become remarkably good at mapping geographic disparities in health. Color-coded maps of infant mortality, childhood lead exposure,… More
Food Policy
August 2026 Michele Ver Ploeg, Joanne F. Guthrie, Colleen M. Heflin,
It is important to rigorously assess whether SNAP restrictions on foods yield meaningful benefits to diet and health. Yet evaluation faces numerous challenges. More
August 2026 Ashley N. Gearhardt, Kelly D. Brownell, Allan M. Brandt,
We appreciate the thoughtful response to our article and strongly agree that improving diet quality should remain a central public health goal. Diets… More
