Retail food safety is a critical component of the nation’s public health infrastructure and serves as the last checkpoint before food reaches consumers. Here, federal support for state, local, tribal, ...

The protection of public health is often a justificiation for increasing government power. But could increasing government power also have negative consequences, including for public health itself? A ...

From COVID-19 lockdowns to Biden's inflation and Trump's tariffs, bad things have happened when economics are sidelined in ...

The preschool years present a critical developmental period sensitive to changes in public health and social policy, for which robust investments in programs that support families can improve ...

Investments in public health not only improve the health of society but also advance equity and foster economic and climate resiliency. Most of the gains in life expectancy achieved in the 20th ...

Investing in a skilled, healthy workforce, infrastructure, and technology are crucial for economic growth, job creation, and security. By prioritizing health, countries build the foundation for the ...

The University Senate unanimously approved a new Master of Science program in health economics and policy for the Mailman School of Public Health during the October plenary meeting, with 64 votes in ...

The right to an abortion is an economic one. The overturning of Roe will cause abortion seekers to lose their financial stability, freedom and mobility. The majority of the effects will be seen by low ...

It saves money too... and a lot of it. Oftentimes, people say, public health? we'd have to spend money on that. They are not wrong in that this is a proposal to spend money and they are again correct ...

Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy, was “a brilliant scholar, a charismatic teacher and a devoted adviser,” said department chair Wolfgang Pesendorfer. A memorial will ...