Policy & Practice

Our editors pick the best stories we published this year.

A staff selection of this year's must-reads

A mom working in public health shares five picks

Use of high-potency THC can amplify serious mental health problems.

“To have a public health mindset, you’ve got to be comfortable doing the non-sexy stuff,” says Arunan Arulampalam.

The CDC’s disease forecasting service could be a game-changer for public health.

The surging number of children of opioid users in foster care is leading to worse health outcomes.

Politicians are ignoring the greatest public health crisis in a century, and journalists are letting them.

Increasingly, people’s health choices align with their political identities rather than medical advice.

Hurricane preparedness needs to account for bacterial threats.