Public Health

In this report we analyze the approaches governments and donors are taking to cross-integrate nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) within their nutrition and WASH national policies and plans.…

In the months after the advance federal Child Tax Credit cash payments ended in December 2021, low-income families with children struggled the most to afford enough food, research finds. The…

City residents that could be most impacted by decarbonization policies may not be part of the conversation as they’re developed. The creators of the Equitable Building Electrification Fund believe that decision-making power in…

Respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV, sends thousands of children to the hospital every year in the U.S. But during September and October 2022, health professionals across the…

Community-based groups can be more effective than health care organizations at expanding access to at-home COVID-19 tests in underserved communities, according to a new study. In a survey of Black…

A lack of specialists in rural communities as diverse as remote Hawaiian islands to the rugged mountains and forests of far Northern California are straining local health-care resources and forcing…

U.S. retailers began selling over-the-counter hearing aids on Oct. 17, 2022, a long-awaited move that some experts predict could be a game-changer in making these devices accessible and affordable. A…

I’m a health services researcher by training and my research is focused on military and veteran health care, including care provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VA…

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention, issued a final recommendation on Oct. 11, 2022, published in the journal JAMA, stating…

Maternal health is drastically affected by systemic racism, not just in the United States but all around the world. In Brazil, data from the Ministry of Health indicates that while maternal mortality…