Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found throughout our natural and built environments, in countless consumer products, and more. Do you know where these chemicals are commonly found and how they can affect your health? Take this quiz to find out.
State and local public health officials need timely, accurate data from a wide range of sources—including hospitals, doctors’ offices, and clinical labs—to detect and effectively respond to disease outbreaks, contaminated food and water, and other threats.
Massachusetts’ approach to integrating opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment into primary care settings has been a model for the nation since 2007.1 Under the state’s nurse care manager (NCM) model, providers receive financial support to improve access by hiring dedicated nursing staff to assess and monitor patients and coordinate their care.
State public health officials need timely, comprehensive data to effectively detect and respond to the wide range of issues within their purview—from disease outbreaks and maternal mortality to contaminated food and water, opioid overdoses, and more.
For nearly 35 years, the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences has supported scientific breakthroughs and helped forge lasting connections among researchers in the United States and abroad. Now, a new grant initiative looks to expand this impact.
In one of the world’s most urbanized coastal environments—the waters around Hong Kong—pressure from human activities is threatening the vulnerable Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, known locally as the Chinese white dolphin.
This year, more than 2 million Americans will hear the words "you have cancer." That's 5,500 people each day—about one every 15 seconds. And as upsetting as that phrase might be, even more distressing is the word that often comes next: chemotherapy.
World leaders, scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and others have concluded negotiations at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 30), held Nov. 10-21, with renewed momentum toward meeting global commitments. The decisions made over the past two weeks in Belém, Brazil, will shape not only the planet’s future but also the well-being, security, and livelihoods of billions of people around the world.
For America's 250th, a look at lessons from our past, voices from our present, and how the power of nonpartisan problem-solving can bring us together.
Fiscal 2023 marked the first time in at least 23 years that no state had an annual deficit. But even with the record-setting number of annual surpluses, five states incurred long-term revenue shortfalls relative to expenses for fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2023. If left unmanaged, these ongoing gaps can threaten states’ financial well-being.
Congressional passage of the massive budget reconciliation measure, H.R. 1, in July set in motion a new federal-state fiscal dynamic—and states are moving fast to adapt. The law reshapes three policy areas key to state budgets: tax revenue, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides food stipends for tens of millions of low-income individuals and children.
In Anne Arundel County, Maryland, police officers are equipped to help people experiencing overdose because the officers carry naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug.
