Health Policy & Management

Half of U.S. hospitals are nonprofit. Their tax-exempt status comes with a requirement to improve community health—but few are meeting it.

Legislators and patient advocacy groups question whether the cost savings secured by PBMs make their way to consumers.

Public health experts Katelyn Jetelina and Caitlin Rivers argue officials must make clear communication a priority during health emergencies.

The organization’s director-general lays out five key priorities for global health as the W.H.O. looks towards its next 75 years.

Toxic chemicals are hidden in hundreds of personal care products. We must move decisively to protect consumers.

Harvard professor Joseph G. Allen argues it’s time to reshape how we design our buildings to stop the spread of respiratory disease.

Better regulating processed foods could curb an epidemic of chronic food illness that causes 1,600 deaths daily in the U.S.

As the tools of precision medicine spread, how will they combine with population research?

A movement is taking shape in the UK and elsewhere to tackle underlying factors affecting health. Can it work in the US?

The U.S.’s failed pandemic response stems from the field’s longstanding elitism.