Public Health

Empowering Healthy Eating in America August 11, 2021

Poor diets present elevated health risks, and Americans need help finding the time and resources to eat nutritiously Americans get bombarded with promotions for unsubstantiated diet fads on…

Police Misconduct and Violence: Let the Data Talk August 4, 2021

Limited insight into police misconduct makes it difficult to improve policing, but a national registry could help

COVID-19, advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, and the U.S. supply chain June 17, 2021

Innovative manufacturing techniques can expand the production of drugs and medical supplies in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in global supply chains, and policymakers are…

Federally-supported initiatives aim to reduce maternal mortality and shed light on the effects of therapeutics on pregnant and lactating women June 1, 2021

Each year about 700 women die from pregnancy or birth complications in the U.S., the worst maternal mortality rate…

A health-oriented ARPA could help the U.S. address challenges like antimicrobial resistance May 25, 2021

To help catalyze innovation in the health and biomedical sciences, research and development (R&D) paradigms with a track record of producing ‘moonshot’-scale breakthroughs – such as the Advanced…

Improving genome sequencing infrastructure to detect coronavirus variants is a priority for CDC February 26, 2021

As the U.S. continues to grapple with the pandemic, there are growing concerns about the risks posed by variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Recent data…

Advanced air filtration may help limit the spread of COVID-19 when combined with other protective measures February 12, 2021

Given the pervasiveness of COVID-19 throughout the U.S., the risk of infection to transportation workers and passengers is significant. For instance, in a survey of over 600 bus…

Congressional briefing: Potential of fluvoxamine to counter COVID-19 January 5, 2021

There has been a surge of public interest in the drug fluvoxamine as a potential treatment for individuals with mild…

Scientists take action by engaging with Congress on the promise of monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 November 20, 2020

The limited science and technology (S&T) resources available to policymakers in Congress and state legislatures have compounded the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help meet legislators’…

FDA: COVID-19 vaccine candidates should meet a higher bar for an emergency authorization than other medical products. Trump: Maybe, maybe not. September 25, 2020

The disconnect between assurances from federal health and science agencies and President Trump’s words continues. Before Wednesday’s hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, news broke…

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