This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In order to extensively understand the healthcare status in the United States today, let us first have an overview by taking a glimpse at the various health determinants. In a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our increasingly interconnected world, countries must work harder than ever to combat threats to global public health – from the emergence of new pathogens, to the spread of fast-moving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By the time that the FDA’s advisory committee gave a near-instantaneous and unanimous thumbs-up for gene therapy to treat a form of hereditary blindness on October 12, tears were freely flowing. Fittingly,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump is expected to officially declare the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency. He will also announce his plans to combat the crisis. AEI Resident Scholar Sally Satel, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropists and those of charitable nature oftentimes donate their life work to improving the world. Whether it is ending poverty, fighting for world peace, or finding a cure for a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first time, fewer than 100,000 people around the world died from measles in a year. New data published today by the partners of the Measles & Rubella Initiative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Health savings accounts (HSAs), flexible spending accounts (FSAs), and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) allow workers to control a portion of their health care dollars without penalty, but different rules apply…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the Sackler family may not have the wealth or visibility of a Gates or Zuckerberg, with assets of $13 billion, the nation’s 19th wealthiest family is an important player in philanthropy. Especially…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the country reels from record-high rates of opioid abuse and overdoses, medication-assisted treatment — which combines medication and behavioral therapy — has shown particular promise in combating the epidemic. But it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s vitally important that people living with obesity have access to medical management and evidence-based treatment for their disease. But medical treatment rates of obesity in the US are shockingly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The dining room at the front of the six-story former paint factory in the trendy Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO is well-lit; light pours in through high windows that line…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The birthrate for American teenagers dropped to 20.3 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19 in 2016, according to the latest fertility data released by the National Center for Health Statistics.…