TV Time
In a particularly low blow, Trump appointees eliminated federal TV advertising for the Marketplace for the 2018 open enrollment period.
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Politics of Chemical Regulation
We can take steps to keep toxic chemicals out of consumer products and prevent exposure, or we can deal with the consequences.
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Addiction Care for Mother
Increased access to buprenorphine and methadone especially benefits pregnant women and their unborn infants.
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Immigrant Health is Public Health
Covid-19 response efforts must recognize the complex factors that affect health outcomes of different immigrant communities.
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Commercializing Marijuana
Legalization advocates claim marijuana reform is an integral part of social justice efforts, but the data show this to be false.
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2021 PHP Fellowship
Apply for the PHP Fellowship to research and write powerful stories on population health and social justice with a diverse team of writers and editors.
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Are the Kids Too Loud?
Schools exposed to greater levels of noise pollution are more likely to serve students of color or low-income students.
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Air Pollution and the Public’s Health
Relative disparities in air pollution concentrations matter because fairness, equity, and justice are relative concepts.
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Neglecting Children’s Health
Between 2004 and 2016, foster care placements for abuse or neglect increased from 4.8% of all placements to 5.4%.
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Rosemarie Day
Rosemarie Day, author of “Marching Toward Coverage,” discusses intersections between movements for universal healthcare and women’s health.
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Measuring Rural Health
What it means to be rural is notoriously hard to define. Are there better ways to define rurality than by county?
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Egg Donation Risk and Reward
But while there remains considerable uncertainty about the true extent of risk, we should not deceive young egg donors for profit.
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Policing Pot
Just two years after Senate Bill 350 was introduced, the state of Pennsylvania itself enacted law SB 3, legalizing medicinal marijuana use.
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