Public Health

Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

Abortion Ballot Measures Return in Missouri, Nevada, Idaho and Virginia

States are again putting abortion rights before voters, with Missouri seeking to roll back protections and other states weighing new constitutional limits.

By Dr. A.R. Athira, MBBS · Oct 17, 2026 · 6 min read

Public Health·KFF

Montana Medicaid Work Rules Trigger Confusion in Early Rollout

Montana’s early Medicaid work requirement rollout is confusing enrollees and testing state systems before the federal deadline.

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·KFF

Medicaid Cuts Threaten Coverage for Legal Immigrants in Multiple States

Hundreds of thousands of lawfully present immigrants may lose Medicaid as states implement federal cuts affecting refugees, asylees,…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·KFF

Hospital Charity Care Auto-Enrollment Can Cut Medical Debt

Hospitals are using presumptive eligibility to automatically grant charity care, but screening rules and timing vary widely across…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·KFF

Oregon Moves Closest to Universal Healthcare as Midterms Reignite Debate

Oregon is drafting a single-payer plan that could become the first U.S. universal healthcare system, but taxes, waivers,…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·NIH

FAIR Dutch FOIA dataset offers 2 million pages for research

A Dutch team assembled more than two million Freedom of Information Act pages into a standardized FAIR dataset…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·NIH

Large language models in healthcare face a medical device regulatory gap

A BMJ Digital Health & AI analysis examines when LLMs in healthcare fall outside medical device rules and…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·NIH

Social Media Use and Depression Raise Vaping Susceptibility in College Students

A 1-year cohort of Mexican-American college students linked problematic social media use and depressive symptoms to higher vaping…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·CDC EID

Choral Singing and Respiratory Transmission Risks in Indoor Gatherings

CDC essay links choir singing, poor ventilation, and airborne respiratory transmission, using Degas’ Les Choristes as a public…

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health·CDC EID

Bangladesh Measles Resurgence Exposes Fragile Immunization Gains

Bangladesh’s 2026 measles resurgence followed vaccine disruption, missed catch-up campaigns, malnutrition, and weak surveillance across the health system.

Oct 17, 2026

Public Health

Population health, policy and the data behind prevention.

In Brief The 5-minute rounds

New hypertension guideline lowers the treatment threshold to 130/80 mm Hg.
Phase 3 GLP-1 trial reports a 20% cut in major adverse cardiac events.
FDA clears a next-generation CAR-T therapy for relapsed lymphoma.
Meta-analysis links early mobilisation to shorter ICU length of stay.
Rapid guidance broadens empiric antibiotics for suspected sepsis.