Federalism, or the division of power between a national government and states, is a fundamental feature of US public health authority. 1 In this pandemic, US public health federalism assures that the coronavirus response depends on zip code. A global pandemic has no respect for geographic boundaries, laying bare the weaknesses of federalism in ...

This consensus statement creates a clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections that addresses the gap between the evidence and recommendation strength.

Meaning Medicaid is an important source of insurance and accounts for substantial health care spending. Medicaid reforms have expanded coverage and provide further opportunities to reduce disparities and address health inequities.

Let’s say the exit-ramp federalism strategy fails in its goal of states creating health systems that are qualitatively different from the ACA—and that failure now seems probable. If so, allowing states to opt out of some parts of the law may end up simply mollifying some opponents of the ACA, giving the law the political breathing room it ...

In this Special Communication, President Barack Obama reviews the Affordable Care Act: why he pursued it, what it has effected, and how the health care system can still be improved.

2025年1月13日 · Meaning Baloxavir may be superior to standard care or placebo in reducing the risk of admission to hospital for high-risk patients with nonsevere influenza virus infection and probably decreases time to alleviation of symptoms with few or no adverse effects.

2024年12月2日 · For decades, suboptimal and declining population health and persistent health disparities for most conditions in the US have been well demonstrated. 1 Moreover, the major health advances of the last century have not resulted in widespread uptake or resulted in equitable outcomes for all individuals in the US.

2025年1月2日 · Meaning This overview of social determinants of health and suicide risk factors and outcomes can guide clinical, research, and policy directions for prevention. Abstract Importance Preventing suicide is one of the top priorities in public health policy.

2023年9月7日 · Although the Groff decision left it to lower courts to further explicate the substantial burden test, and the EEOC has yet to offer new guidance, the Supreme Court’s decision suggests that employers can no longer assume they will easily prevail in Title VII challenges to vaccination mandates.

With the inauguration of President Biden and a shift in control of the US Senate from Republicans to Democrats, the landscape for health policy has changed substantially in 2021. Just as the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by President Obama in …