Recent political events have data custodians and users across the country asking an important question—if the federal government is backing away from its historical role as a leader in advancing data quality and data democracy, what does it mean for the future of representation and evidence-based policy development?   More

Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to health research and treatment abroad (73.7%), to indirect costs (73.3%), and to specific research grants (70.2%).  More

In 2024, we warned about the potential for measles resurgence in the United States, due to declining vaccination rates and growing religious and…  More

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

Public health in America faces a paradox: its mandate encompasses the population as a whole, yet the infrastructure of public health—the teams of…  More

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

Everyone is familiar by now with the United States’s appalling maternal and infant mortality statistics. Despite leading the world in health care…  More

Scorned and denigrated during its first decade, the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges/marketplaces have blossomed in this decade to…  More

As we enter a new Presidential administration, the health and well-being of low-income families hangs in the balance. Many of the policies that offer…  More

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