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A Band-Aid being applied to a child's arm after they were given a vaccine.

It’s a first: implementing safe and effective RSV prevention treatments significantly reduces hospitalizations in infants

June 10, 2025 children diseases, hospitalization, maternal RSV vaccine, prevention, public health, RSV, RSV monoclonal antibodies, timely vaccination

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the number one cause of hospitalization in infants, accounting for about 25% of all their hospitalizations.

Policywise

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program: Ensuring every child is protected

February 14, 2025 Advocacy, children, immunization rates, public health, Vaccines, Vaccines for Children

A closer look at the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, which ensures all children in the U.S. have access to life-saving vaccines.

Policywise

A national health system for kidney failure and what comes next?

April 14, 2023 advanced kidney disease, chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, health insurers, kidney failure, Medicare, public health

It’s been more than 50 years since the creation of a national health insurance program for people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), titled Medicare’s End-Stage

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Navigating COVID-19 in the workplace: Best practices to guide future decision-making

March 17, 2023 COVID-19, Decision-making, public health, Research, SARS-CoV-2, viral parameters, Workplace

Ensuring safety during the COVID-19 pandemic has been crucial over the past three years due to the varying waves of COVID-19 variants. Consequently, public policy

An older Indian man in a villaige in the mountains of Munnar, India. He stands wearing a white shirtwith most of the buttons undone and a white turban. His short beard is white and his hair is turning a bit grey.

Momentum

Collaboration, regional focus needed for dementia care in India

September 19, 2022 Dementia, National School of Tropical Medicine, public health

Dementia affects more than 55 million people, making it one of the world’s most widespread public health problems.

Policywise

Reboot your thinking about mental health, the future of our health and health security

April 1, 2022 Amy McGuire, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Genetics, Global Health, Human Geno Sequencing Center, Mental Health, public health, Richard Gibbs, Sharmila Anandasabapathy, TEDx

How willing are you to reboot the way you have always done things? Our society is currently experiencing a reboot – challenging basic assumptions about