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Quarterly Opinion
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 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 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 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 David Rosner,
In 2022, President Trump held a news conference focused on the COVID epidemic then taking the lives of one of every 300 Americans. During it he… More
January 2025 Jennifer Beam Dowd, Neil Mehta,
Despite our best public health efforts (and a zealous diet industry), the rising tide of obesity continues unabated. New classes of diabetes… More
Quarterly Article
January 2025 Stephanie B. Gold, Allison Costello, Maura Gissen, Selin Odman, Larry A. Green, Kurt C. Stange, Réna Swann, Rebecca S. Etz,
To provide a foundation for assessing whole person health and support further instrument development, this review summarizes past work on assessing person-reported whole health, articulates conceptual domains encompassing whole health, and identifies lessons from existing instruments, including considerations for administration. More
December 2024 Sara Rosenbaum,
Medicaid’s size tells you everything you need to know about its prospects during a second Trump administration, the amount of energy that opponents… More
