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Commercial Determinants of Health Population Health
February 2026 Ashley N. Gearhardt, Kelly D. Brownell, Allan M. Brandt,
Context: Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) now dominate the global food supply and are strongly associated with risks for heart disease, cancers, metabolic… More
February 2026
Regulators should look to tobacco control for policies to manage ultra-processed food’s impact on health February 3, 2026—As the federal… More
Health IT Rural Health
January 2026 Pedram Fard, Hossein Estiri,
The December 2025 Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence has generated familiar responses from familiar quarters. Legal scholars debate federal… More
Health Care Affordability
January 2026 Amy Kinner, Katherine Ahrens, Katie McGraves-Lloyd,
Takeaways for states considering cross-state all-payer claims database collaborations to assess health care quality, use, or costs. More
Milbank State Leadership Network State Health Policy Leadership
January 2026
Long concerned about the impact of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) on pharmaceutical prices, Milbank’s Emerging Leaders Program alumna Kim Chen developed and helped pass 2025 state budget legislation to create licensure for these entities. More
Health Equity Population Health
January 2026 Sara Rosenbaum,
The implications of the Department of Justice’s action to eliminate the “disparate impact” test, which provides the legal foundation for removing discriminatory barriers in public health and health care. More
State Health Policy Leadership
January 2026 Joanne Kenen,
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants Americans to engage in “shared… More
January 2026 Kara Odom Walker, Rachel J. Thornton, Steven M. Costantino, Andrew Wilson,
“If we want to change the trajectory of adults’ health, we have to start with the health of children.” Over the past decade,… More
January 2026 Morgan McDonald,
Yesterday, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) childhood immunization recommendations, reducing the number of recommended vaccinations from 17 to 11 More
Rural Health
January 2026 Daniel Baslock, Nari Yoo,
Context: Inadequate descriptions of rurality limit comparisons across rural areas and can lead to overgeneralizations in health policy research.… More
