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"On the Move": How Climate Migration Will Remake America

In a must-read, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten uses the 2018 Camp Fire to show how extreme weather disrupts modern life

Young Americans Prioritize Health Care in 2024 Election

The chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project explains why young Americans view health care as a top election issue

Gender

Addressing Mississippi's Maternal Health-Care Shortage

State regulations and payment systems have prevented the growth of freestanding birth centers

Governance

U.S. Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health

Covert U.S. information operations during COVID-19 expose the dangers that global health faces when rival powers compete

Governance

Where Health Surfaced at the Republican National Convention

The RNC projected a strategy on health matters that shied away from overtly supporting unpopular positions

Food

Alcohol Industry Panics as Healthier Habits Cut Sales

Industry reps cite a "war on alcohol," but consumer attitudes suggest a cultural shift toward less drinking

Gender

Empowering Native Mothers Through Midwifery

A nurse-midwife from the Navajo Nation on why there's now enough data to advance Indigenous birthing policy

Governance

H5N1: How Effective Is Wastewater Surveillance for Bird Flu?

The Rockefeller Foundation's Megan Diamond explains wastewater surveillance for monitoring the H5N1 outbreak

Governance

Supreme Court's Chevron Ruling Could Reshape Public Health

Overturning Chevron could deter policy for disaster responses, food safety, gender protections, and health care

Gender

U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Emergency Abortion Care

In Idaho v. United States, the stakes are high for health workers, pregnant patients, and abortion care

Environment

Shrinking Shores, Rising Risks in the Great Salt Lake

How Utah's shrinking Great Salt Lake is harming human and environmental health

Urbanization

An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals

A flurry of partnerships demonstrate how academic health systems can bolster rural hospitals

Gender

U.S. Supreme Court Challenge to Abortion Pills Could Boost Illegal Imports

Safeguarding access to pills from online foreign distributors may become a flashpoint in the reproductive care battle

Migration

Joyful and Painful Tales of Migrant Reunions

Why integration services for immigrant families matter