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  • Opioid Use Disorder

    Impacts of Global Cannabis Policy Changes on Substance Use: A Systematic Review of Quasi-Experimental Studies

    July 2026 Sarah B. Windle,  Peter M. Socha,  Jasleen Arneja,  Sam Harper,  Genevieve Gore,  Geneviéve Gariépy,  Eva Graham,  Arijit Nandi, 

    Substantial changes in cannabis policies are occurring globally; however, the impacts of these reforms on cannabis use, as well as downstream effects on other substance use, remain unclear. More

  • Reproductive Health

    The Emergence of an Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health System

    July 2026 Naomi Clemmons,  Lea Ayers LaFave,  Milton Kotelchuck,  Arthur R. James, 

    Public health prevention initiatives (inclusive of clinical care/services) concerning women have historically pursued two relatively independent tracks: a maternal and child health (MCH) track and a family planning track. While not so far apart from one another, their language, practice, and policy have kept MCH and family planning services in silos at the expense of providing a comprehensive continuum of care and services for sexual and reproductive health. More

  • Public Health

    Burning Down the House: The Most Recognized Public Health Achievements Have Become a Hit List for the Trump Administration

    July 2026 Paula M. Lantz, 

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health organizations periodically create lists of significant public health achievements in the United States and globally. More

  • Public Health

    Food Industry Engineering Is Less Important Than Access to Gut Microbiota-Accessible Foods for Preventing Chronic Disease

    July 2026 William J. McCarthy,  Darren Lov,  Frederick Ferguson, 

    In this commentary, we applaud Gearhardt and colleagues’ focus on the negative health effects of consuming ultra-processed foods but suggest that the bigger dietary contributor to obesity risk is American consumers’ lack of access to a diverse range of gut microbiota-accessible foods. More

  • Food Policy Population Health

    Fighting Fire with Fire: GLP-1s and the Political Economy of Population Health

    July 2026 Iliya Gutin, 

    Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have been adopted faster and more widely than any anti-obesity therapy prior. More

  • Aging

    More than 1 Million Americans with an Intellectual and Developmental Disability Live with a Caregiver over the Age of 60

    July 2026 Harold A. Pollack,  Brian Chicoine,  Kamala Gullapalli Cotts, 

    For almost 40 years, Janice cared for Vincent, her son with a developmental disability, at their home in upstate New York. More

  • Fact Sheet State Health Policy Leadership

    Fact Sheet: Improving Population Health Through Housing Policy: Lessons From the Public Housing Program

    July 2026 Hayley Piazza, 

    Introduction Housing instability and unaffordability are contributing to adverse outcomes across a wide range of health domains. In a Milbank… More

  • Bake Sales Won’t Sustain Wyoming EMS, but a Few Reforms Might

    Milbank State Leadership Network State Health Policy Leadership

    Bake Sales Won’t Sustain Wyoming EMS, but a Few Reforms Might

    July 2026 Franz Fuchs,  Morgan McDonald, 

    Emergency medical services (EMS) are basic lifesaving infrastructure for any community. More

  • Community Voices from North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program: Implications for Designing and Evaluating Programs to Address Upstream Drivers of Health

    Policy Report Milbank State Leadership Network State Health Policy Leadership

    Community Voices from North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program: Implications for Designing and Evaluating Programs to Address Upstream Drivers of Health

    July 2026 Alida Austin,  Katie M. Huber,  Brianna Van Stekelenburg,  Kody H. Kinsley,  Rebecca G. Whitaker, 

    North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) program, which was paused in July 2025 due to state funding constraints, tested whether providing evidence-based services to address upstream drivers of health for eligible Medicaid members could improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and address disparities in three predominantly rural regions of the state. More

  • Managed Care as Medicaid’s Administrative Architecture: Does It Still Provide Value to States?

    Policy Report State Health Policy Leadership

    Managed Care as Medicaid’s Administrative Architecture: Does It Still Provide Value to States?

    July 2026 K. John McConnell,  Hyunjee Kim,  STEPHAN R. LINDNER,  Jane M. Zhu,  David DiGiuseppe,  Hayden Rooke-Ley, 

    As states brace for federal funding cuts and potentially large disenrollments in Medicaid, this report assesses the extent to which Medicaid managed care delivers value across its core functions: reducing financial risk for states; utilization management; network formation; care management; quality improvement; and paying for claims. More