Law & Policy Insights

Health Data Utilities or HDUs: A Promising New Data Sharing Framework for Advancing Health and Health Equity 

by Meghan Mead

When Politics Prevent Care: School Nurses Left to Grapple with Confusing Parental Rights Laws

EOPG: Building a Community of Practice for Equity Officers

by Emma Kaeser and Phyllis Jeden

Syndromic Surveillance: An Early Threat Detection Tool for Public Health

by Meghan Mead

Public Health Law: An Essential Link between Drought Research and Programs to Mitigate Health Impacts

by Betsy Lawton

Unnecessary Documentation Burdens Create Barriers to Health and Democracy for All

by Quang H. Dang

Reproductive Health Care Shield Laws: How a Legal Conflict Between New York and Texas Might Shape Access to Abortion, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy Care

by Emma Kaeser

To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad.

by Corey Davis

Paying People to Refrain from Drug Use Works. Recent Policy Changes Have Eased the Legal Barriers to this Promising Practice.

Reproductive Health Data Privacy: What Now?

by Stephen Murphy

Losing Data, Losing Ground: Politicizing Science Undermines Youth Mental Health

The July 2025 Executive Order and the State of Harm Reduction in the US 

by Corey Davis