Research Archives

11.21.2025 Blue megaphones in a row with one of them is in orange color on blue background. Concept of a differing message

By flooding digital spaces with fearmongering and misleading ads, private industry actors influence voter perceptions and policy debates.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

11.14.2025 Group of young kids eating lunch in school cafeteria

Over five years, schools that provided meals to all students saw an 11% drop in children with high blood pressure.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

11.12.2025 A young mother holds a small newborn baby in her arms, gently hugging and kissing him at home in a bright room

Offering culturally aware support in the mother's preferred language can improve early breastfeeding outcomes.

Guest Author Nikita Kalluri

11.10.2025 Atlanta, Georgia skyline at sunset

After Georgia expanded Medicaid to include low-income working adults, the proportion of low-income people with health coverage did not change.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

11.04.2025 A girl returns from school wades across a flooded street after heavy rains. Indicates connection between climate change and child health

More than 85% of the mental and physical health burden of climate change falls on children under the age of five.

Guest Authors Amber Acquaye, Deepika Shaligram

11.03.2025 Bitcoin mining farm

Bitcoin mining’s rising energy demand in the U.S. drives air pollution and other health risks, with little federal oversight or regulation.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.29.2025 Students sitting in classroom listening to teacher lecture. Education concept

With no national standard for sex education, the U.S. has a patchwork of policies that reflect local politics more than public health.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.28.2025 Garbage truck dumping the garbage in a landfill. Pollution and superfund site concept

Due to historical segregation and racism, communities of color and low-income populations live near the nation’s most hazardous sites.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

10.24.2025 MRSA bacteria. Antibacterial resistance concept

By 2050, resistant infections could kill more people worldwide than cancer. But this outcome is preventable if we act now.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

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