Contradictions That Confuse Federal Food Policies
Announcing Bold New Goals While Crippling the Infrastructure Needed to Achieve Them
Research & Policy Updates
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes
Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
Black Life Expectancy Shows Sharp Geographic Divide: Cities Gained, While Midwest and Rural Areas Fell Back
From 1990 to 2019, Black Life Expectancy Rose Most in Major Metros and the Northeast—but Gains Stalled or Reversed in Rural Areas and the Midwest, Especially for Younger Adults
The Gaps in What We Know and Don’t Know About the COVID Pandemic
A Penn LDI Seminar Focuses on Why They're Important for the Future
Why RFK Jr.’s Public Health Agenda Threatens Us All
Former Philadelphia Health Commissioner Warns That Gutting the CDC, Undermining Vaccines, and Politicizing Science Will Leave the U.S. Dangerously Unprepared for the Next Pandemic
New Parents Put Infants’ Health First, While Their Own Suffers
Rural Parents Had More Emergency Visits and Insurance Loss Than Urban Peers, an LDI Study Shows. Integrated Baby Visits Could Help All Parents Be Healthier
U.S. Children Are Suffering: A Generation Grows Up Sicker, Sadder, and Dying Sooner
From Anxiety and Loneliness to Obesity and Gun Deaths, a Sweeping New Study Uncovers a Devastating Decline in the Health and Well-Being of U.S. Children
Pennsylvania’s Cannabis Wave Is Already Here — And Our Mental Health System Isn’t Ready
Before Lawmakers Do Full Legalization, We Must Face the Reality: High-Potency Marijuana Already Harms Kids and Adults Alike
Policy Talk Isn’t Cheap; It Can Affect Your Health
Just Discussing Punitive or Supportive Policies—Even Before They're Enacted—Can Impact Physical and Mental Health, Especially for Marginalized Groups, LDI Fellow Says
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Less Maternity Care
Chart of the Day: New Study Maps Maternity Care Gaps in Smoke-Prone U.S. Counties
One Agency’s Maps Are Known For Documenting Redlining
But Many Other Factors Played a Role in Denying Loans, LDI Fellow Says
Penn Experts Warn New Vaccine Policy Could Undermine Public Health
Offit and Buttenheim Criticize HHS Placebo Trial Mandate as Unethical, Misleading, and a Threat to Vaccine Confidence