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Policy & Practice
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Policy & Practice
“Your zip code largely determined your public health protections [during COVID-19].”
Massachusetts State Sen. Jo Comerford
There’s a way to deal with brain injuries in football. It isn’t safety gear.
The NFL says new equipment works, but science disagrees.
“When you design roads, that is public health.”
Research shows people in the U.S. think traffic deaths are inevitable, but they’re aren't.
Way Home invites the U.S. to view its homelessness crisis up close
A picture of the unrelenting displacement, danger, and exclusion experienced by the unhoused
Bringing the public back to public health
Reflection and change are needed.
The culmination of a “silent eldercide going on for decades”
A provocative book puts nursing home COVID-19 deaths under the microscope.
Do overdose prevention centers work in the U.S.? Researchers want to know
The first state-approved site in the U.S. will be part of a study on how they affect opioid outcomes.
A bipartisan perspective on public health’s uncertain future
Elias Zerhouni and Tom Frieden discuss the future of NIH, the CDC, and more.