The Milbank Quarterly Opinion

Civil rights and health equity advocates in the allied fields of population health have worked for decades to get more funding and attention for…  More

It is well established that politics, and the mechanisms of political action, have an important impact on the health of populations. The very…  More

The next decade will be a critical window to prevent measles from regaining a foothold.   More

Data equity refers to the production and distribution of high-quality, inclusive, actionable, and accessible data. Improving data equity involves…  More

Six decades after its creation, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices carries vastly expanded responsibilities, and its recommendations carry substantially greater impact.   More

There is growing recognition that the caustic scientific debates about the impact of masks, social distancing, and remote schooling during the…  More

A look at recent policy developments that bear on private equity in health care, and their potential impacts on this growing form of commercial activity in health care markets.  More

As of April 2024, approximately 250 local, state, and federal governmental entities have introduced bills, executive orders, and other policies that…  More

Ten ways to accelerate research on the role that the seismic shifts in states’ policy contexts may have played in the troubling trends and growing disparities in Americans’ health.  More

In my last Opinion piece, I discussed the theory that many diseases typical of our advanced years are actually different manifestations of a single…  More