Health Policy

Analyzing the digital marketing tactics of e-cigarette and heated tobacco product brands to inform policy interventions.

Ultra-processed foods are associated with a long, ever-expanding list of adverse health outcomes. But what exactly classifies as an ultra-processed food—and are they all unhealthy?

GHN takeaways from the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2025 in Bogotà, Colombia. 

These proven strategies help kids thrive and lay the foundation for healthy adulthoods.

Chronic school absenteeism is a national crisis—for education and for public health.

A health policy expert on why Affordable Care Act premiums are rising.

Discontinuing American hunger report dismantles a key measure of how American households are faring. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is the United States’ largest anti-hunger program and helps an average of 41.7 million Americans per month.

The years ahead will test our mettle, but we will deliver for public health.

The seasoned health policy scholar brings purpose and mission to leadership.

Apryl Alexander, PsyD, has been named the winner of the 2025 Sommer Klag Advocacy Achievement Award. Dr. Alexander, the Metrolina Distinguished Professor of Health and Policy in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (UNC), earned the $30,000 award for her advocacy work on behalf of at-promise and systems-involved youth.

Putting ‘America First’ in global health risks unraveling decades of progress, argue two health leaders.

Medicare patients receiving federal housing assistance were less likely to be diagnosed with distant-stage breast, colorectal, and non-small cell lung cancers.