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Quarterly Opinion
September 2024 David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz,
The social and economic arrangements Americans have created and maintained have shaped patterns of disease occurrence, prevalence, distribution, and recovery over the course of the country’s history. More
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August 2024 Thelma C. Hurd, Fay Cobb Payton, Darryl B. Hood,
Artificial intelligence is being embraced as the solution to mitigate differences in health and health outcomes. More
July 2024 Harold A. Pollack, Eshan Dosani,
Working in the fields of substance use and harm reduction, we encounter the suffering and trauma experienced by study participants, community… More
July 2024 Sara Rosenbaum, MaryBeth Musumeci,
New federal court decisions have delayed the implementation of new rules protecting health care for transgender people issued under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. More
June 2024 Kanika Arora, Douglas A. Wolf,
This study finds that offering paid sick leave and paid family leave, when combined with job protection, could support potential family caregivers. More
June 2024 David H. Rehkopf,
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
May 2024 Nahid Bhadelia, Laura White, Lawrence O. Gostin,
The next decade will be a critical window to prevent measles from regaining a foothold. More
May 2024 Elizabeth A. Stuart, Joshua M. Sharfstein,
There is growing recognition that the caustic scientific debates about the impact of masks, social distancing, and remote schooling during the… More
April 2024 Paula M. Lantz, Emma Carter,
As of April 2024, approximately 250 local, state, and federal governmental entities have introduced bills, executive orders, and other policies that… More
April 2024 Jennifer Karas Montez,
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