Prescription Subscription
Use of Hepatitis C virus medications increased dramatically under subscription-based payment model agreements.
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Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits: The Backlog Problem
The rape kit backlog comprises thousands of untested evidence kits stored in police departments and crime labs across the United States.
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Evicting Health
Eviction affects health care coverage and use in the short term, and may have longer term implications.
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Troubling Industry
More than 90% of participants surveyed about their experience at a facility for troubled teens rated their experiences there as negative or very negative.
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Discriminatory Housing Practices and Food Environment Disparities
Researchers analyzed three types of discriminatory housing practices to understand how they interact with one another and the impact they have on food access.
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COVID-19 and Adolescent Suicide Deaths
Suicide deaths among U.S. adolescents increased during the pandemic, particularly among Black youth.
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Are Formula Companies “Baby-Friendly?”
The U.S. is one of few countries where formula companies aren’t required to follow the World Health Organization’s Code of Marketing on Breastmilk Substitutes, which regulates predatory marketing efforts by the formula industry.
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Social Investing to Cut Healthcare Costs
Researchers investigated the association between healthcare costs and spending on housing, education, food access, and social support networks.
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Narratives and Counter-Narratives for Religion and COVID-19
Religious group statements during COVID-19 combined public health messaging with their own perspective and spiritual context.
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Research to Quench the Thirst for Water Justice in California
The UC Berkeley Water Equity Science Shop conducted the first statewide environmental justice analysis of water quality in California communities that are served by both community water systems and domestic wells.
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