This summer, Chicago reached a public safety and health milestone that signaled meaningful progress. Between May and August 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, the city saw a 13 percent decline ...

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the connection between long-term funding and preparedness in the United States. That is, the underfunding of public health, and the lack of system integration and ...

Yesterday, the Common Health Coalition issued a major report that “analyzes how cuts to public health infrastructure will ripple through the U.S. health care system – leading to sicker patients, ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Meeting America’s Public Health Challenge.” This series includes articles that reflect on and are inspired by a report of the same ...

This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

This brief gives an overview of health challenges across the Pacific Islands region and identifies the need for development partners such as the United States to reframe their approach to health ...