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April 2025 Nahid Bhadelia, Laura White, Lawrence O. Gostin,
In 2024, we warned about the potential for measles resurgence in the United States, due to declining vaccination rates and growing religious and… More
April 2025 Joshua M. Sharfstein,
It was during the Presidency of George W. Bush in 2006 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asserted that “the foundation of HHS… More
April 2025 Kushal T. Kadakia, Rebecca E. Giglio, Dave A. Chokshi,
Public health in America faces a paradox: its mandate encompasses the population as a whole, yet the infrastructure of public health—the teams of… More
April 2025 Paula M. Lantz,
Since the day Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, his administration has “flooded the zone” with a deluge of… More
April 2025 Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Patricia Hong,
Everyone is familiar by now with the United States’s appalling maternal and infant mortality statistics. Despite leading the world in health care… More
April 2025 John E. McDonough,
Scorned and denigrated during its first decade, the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges/marketplaces have blossomed in this decade to… More
March 2025 Jamila Michener, Sarah D. Rozenblum,
As we enter a new Presidential administration, the health and well-being of low-income families hangs in the balance. Many of the policies that offer… More
March 2025 Michael D. Stein,
The first months of the second Trump administration have, as predicted, been a matter of ungoverning. In the name of efficiency and budget reduction,… More
March 2025 Steven H. Woolf,
Upon taking office, President Trump terminated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs throughout the government. Federal agencies, including… More
February 2025 Sara Rosenbaum,
The Trump Administration is defending the ACA’s free preventive benefit guarantee before the Supreme Court as part of its effort to exercise whole-of-government control over US policy, says Sara Rosenbaum in this Opinion. More
