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The headlines may present Q1 1 as a simple choice but the question is complex with conflicting findings for both sides.

Access to sanitary menstrual products is considered a basic human right in European prisons. Not so in the United States.

The Center for the Urban Child and Healthy Family is building a vision for child health equity, based on the premise that all children should be healthy and achieve their full potential.

A group of activists has collected signatures to put Medicaid expansion on the Idaho ballot this November. Idaho is a deeply red state, but they hope expansion will pass on a popular vote.

The social component of burn recovery is of great interest to clinicians and public health researchers. The LIBRE Profile tracks burn recovery and social participation with the goal of improving rehabilitation efforts and identifying areas where additional support is needed.

The Chelsea Hub is a collaboration between police and social services to promote public health in the city. Chelsea won a $25,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize in 2017.

NIFLA v. Becerra, currently before the Supreme Court, is a challenge to California’s Reproductive FACT Act, which requires unlicensed facilities such as crisis pregnancy centers to post a notice stating that they are not a licensed medical facility.

We’re delighted to welcome our new cohort of PHP fellows: Sampada Nandyala, Chrissy Packtor, and Erin Polka! Executive Editor Michael Stein and Associate Editor Jennifer Beard also join the PHP team.

Vermont and Wyoming have similarities on many fronts, but there is a striking difference between the two states in terms of the performance of their healthcare systems.

The ongoing effects of the Illinois budget crisis, in particular on public higher education, have clear negative consequences for individual and community health.