Policy & Practice
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Policy & Practice
“We’ve launched a campaign called HealthyNYC to start a conversation about what health gives us, not just what sickness takes away.”
ashwin Vasan, New YOrk City health commissioner
Poor diets are killing us. Better spending on nutrition research can help.
We need a funding model that allows for high-quality, long-term research.
Could worker cooperatives be a fix for the home care worker shortage?
“We have to build a caregiving infrastructure that treats workers and beneficiaries well.”
Voting is good for your health. These doctors want to help.
A growing cadre of health care professionals believes civic engagement can improve quality of life.
Despite warnings, Texas rushed to remove millions from Medicaid. Eligible residents lost care.
Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people.
North Carolina’s Medicaid experiment is working. Here’s how we know.
So far, the program saves more than its services cost.
Did we forget about scurvy once we found the cure?
The disease gets less attention than those more expensive to treat.
A pair of public health optimists weigh in post-pandemic
Anthony Fauci and Francis S. Collins both see hope despite U.S. polarization.
Bringing public health data into the 21st century
In the U.S., data is handled differently for every disease. Jennifer Layden hopes to improve that system.
The resilience playbook
In Nigeria, fighting COVID was An Imperfect Storm that required creativity and optimism.
What should we do when public health principles conflict?
Few decisions in the field are perfect. We must be prepared to make them anyway.