- August 14, 2018
Trump’s EPA Proposes Changes That Undermine Science and Imperil Public Health
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a regulation that could undermine the agency’s mission to protect human and environmental health. Purporting…
- August 9, 2018
Health Impacts of Immigration Detention on Children
This blog was co-authored by Brianna Moller, 2018 summer internBetween April and June of this year, the Trump administration…
- August 2, 2018
The Fight for Health Care Continues
Cody Flack and Sara Ann Makenzie were long denied Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care in their home state of…
- August 1, 2018
Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Through Humane Immigration Policies
More than one in four California residents (27 percent) are immigrants, and more than 4.6 million Californians share a…
- July 25, 2018
What’s Missing from Trump’s Plan for Lower Rx Costs?
The Trump administration's recently issued "Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs" fails to address the root…
- July 23, 2018
To Comment or Not to Comment, There Should Be No Question
"Arbitrary and capricious". That is how U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg characterized the Trump administration's efforts through its…
- July 20, 2018
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Inmates Can Slow Down the Opioid Epidemic
Climbing since 2000, the opioid epidemic has claimed more than 300,000 lives in the U.S. If the current trend…
- July 3, 2018
The Purpose of Medicaid and Why Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Is Wrong on Health Care
When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 by wealthy white colonists, its lofty words were announcing independence…
- June 27, 2018
The Vital Fight for Behavioral Health Parity for LGBTQ People
Pride 2018 is well underway, and as we celebrate the achievements and strides made by LGBTQ people, we must…
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