Media
National, state and local news media turn to the Network as a trusted source for their reporting on public health law and policy. Our experts can provide insights and analysis on many of today’s most critical issues, including the opioid crisis and drug harm prevention, emergency response to disease outbreaks, marijuana legalization, public health powers, and the Affordable Care Act and access to health care.


A Trusted Source for News Media
Network experts are trusted sources for major news organizations and are available for interviews on a broad range of public health law and policy issues.
Please direct media inquiries to Ann Phi-Wendt.
A sampling of stories featuring Network experts:
- Do you have the constitutional right not to wear a face mask? – NBC NewsNow
- Houston-area school nurses prepare to be on the front lines of COVID fight – Houston Chronicle
- The pandemic may fuel the next wave of the opioid crisis – National Geographic
- What Emergency Declarations Can (and Can’t) Do in a Pandemic – Wired
- The Missing Piece in Democrats’ Health Care Plans – The New Republic
- The World Pushes Back Against E-Cigarettes and Juul – New York Times
- Ohio Opioid Settlements – WOSU
- Measles Outbreak: New York City Orders Mandatory Vaccinations in Parts of Brooklyn – Washington Post