2023 was the hottest year on record and 2024 is predicted to rank among the top five warmest years. Extreme heat at this scale can be a danger to not…
Adolescence–the years between about 10 to about 25–is an essential time to help young people proactively build positive mental health and well-being…
There are 16.9 million women, girls and all other people who experience a menstrual cycle in the United States living in poverty, many of whom are…
March marks the celebration of National Reading Month! At PolicyLab and Reach Out and Read Greater Philadelphia (RORGP), we champion the role of…
A Google image search for “eating disorders” will return countless photos of young girls and women staring miserably at a plate or at the number on a…
Every year more than 400 children in the U.S. get a heart transplant. While science has advanced to the point that most of these children will have a…
We know that a person’s well-being depends on more than biological factors that can be measured by an x-ray or stopped by an antibiotic. It also…
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a national increase in infant mortality rates for the first time in 20 years…
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (PA DHS) recently posted its Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver application, “Bridges to…
After another busy and exciting year at PolicyLab, we’re taking time to reflect on 2023 by revisiting our most-read blog posts of the year.
Eating disorders affect more than 28 million Americans and are one of the most lethal psychiatric disorders. Adolescents are among the most at-risk…
In 2022, I was a part of a coalition that led the American Medical Association to declare that access to contraception and abortion is a human right…
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