A program treating gun violence as a contagion loses funding
Using a public health approach, a Memphis program slowly earned the trust of residents. It lost its funding anyway.
Policy & Practice
Vaccines: a victory and a failure
Despite being one of our most impactful public health tools, vaccines continue to be pilloried in the public square.
We can’t let misinformation kill the new Lyme disease vaccine
Efforts to improve public trust in a future Lyme vaccine, and in all vaccines, must begin now.
Nearly six decades in, Medicaid is still going strong
Medicaid continues to innovate, bringing health care to a larger and more diverse group of people than ever before.
Some problems, only government can solve
High-profile efforts to improve Medicaid could mean a radical transformation for U.S. public health care.
Using Tinder to trace syphilis
Online dating apps mean more people don’t know who their hookups are, making STIs harder to trace. Enterprising public health workers are finding ways to turn the apps into tracing tools.
California takes a major step toward universal coverage
California is about to give insurance coverage to every low-income resident, documented or not.
Florida law sows misinformation among immigrants about health care access
The law requires hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask for patients’ immigration status. It doesn’t require patients to answer.
Can Medicaid solve the “Minnesota Paradox?”
The state is one of the best places to live in terms of education, health, and quality of life—unless you’re Black. Minnesota Medicaid is trying to change that.
North Carolina’s radical Medicaid reinvention
Eighty percent of what affects our health happens outside of a medical setting. The state is investing $650 million to address the social drivers of health.