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01.19.2017 Children looking at healthy foods at a market

Put People and Prevention Ahead of Politics

We're pleased to publish the winning essay in PHP's first essay contest "Dear Paul Ryan..." Congratulations and thank you to all the students who submitted essays!

Guest Author Paul Shafer

01.18.2017 Protesters with sign saying Protect the Law outside the US Supreme Court

Making a Case for a Public Option

The second of three essays chosen in PHP’s first essay contest “Dear Paul Ryan…”

Guest Author Emily Dore

01.17.2017 Non-Violence, a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized revolver with a knotted barrel and the muzzle pointing upwards

Non-Violence, a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized revolver with a knotted barrel and the muzzle pointing upwards

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US Public Health Emergencies: Maternal Mortality and Gun Violence

The first of three essays chosen in PHP’s first essay contest “Dear Paul Ryan…”

Guest Author Katie Plampton

01.12.2017 President Donald trump looking directly at the camera, pointing at you

Trump, the ACA, and Women’s Health

The health of women in the United States is in the hands of President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

01.11.2017 Reverse side of a dollar bill

$1 a Day to SNAP Hunger

SNAP provides a critical supplement to the food resources of 45 million Americans. A recent study demonstrates the positive impacts of an increase of just $1 per day in SNAP benefits.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

01.10.2017 Hand in a latex glove holding a test tube in a lab

Accelerating 21st Century Cures

Robert K. Coughlin of MassBio on why a new law, commonly referred to as 21st Century Cures, will have real and positive impact.

Guest Author Robert K. Coughlin

01.09.2017 A young boy in a football uniform getting tackled by a boy from the opposing team

Football, Concussions and Kids: How Young is too Young for Contact?

The consequences of repeated head trauma may be most severe for younger people with their still-developing brains.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

01.06.2017 A group of children looking at bubbles in the air

The American Child Care Crisis

The child care crisis impacts many families, but poor families face the most significant barriers to high quality child care, putting their children at risk for the detrimental effects of low quality care and missing out on the beneficial effects of high quality care.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

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