A weekly news review by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio
April 28, 2023
While the recent drop in life expectancy has been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and a spike in drug overdoses, some academic experts and activists said the trend also underscores the lasting health consequences of mass incarceration
April 28, 2023
The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out proposals to set national standards for care in Medicaid and children’s health care plans, amid upheaval for millions of Americans’ coverage in both programs
April 21, 2023
About 1 in 4 people in the United States – more than 119 million residents – live with air pollution that can hurt their health and shorten their lives, according to a new report
April 21, 2023
Five years after HPIO’s report A New Approach to Reduce Infant Mortality and Achieve Equity identified 127 policy recommendations in housing, transportation, education and employment to reduce infant mortality in Ohio, the majority of those policy op
April 21, 2023
Overdose fatalities among older Americans quadrupled over the past two decades, a new study found
April 21, 2023
People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF
April 14, 2023
Policy changes made in Ohio over the last decade that have expanded access to care also reduced the gap between Black and white Ohioans who report going without care due to cost.
April 14, 2023
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea continued to rise in 2021, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
April 14, 2023
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released an action guide that highlights policy options for improving education, one of the social drivers of infant mortality in Ohio.
April 14, 2023
A new analysis of more than 40 years of research has concluded that many of the studies that had found moderate drinking was better for most people’s health than not drinking at all were flawed and that the opposite is true
April 07, 2023
The states that have legalized sports betting are reporting record levels of wagering and revenues, but with that growth comes questions about gambling addiction and whether regulators and sportsbooks are doing enough to fight it
April 07, 2023
Researchers have found that older adults who are don’t have close relationships, can’t rely on others for help, aren’t active in community groups or religious organizations or live in neighborhoods that feel unsafe have less physiological strength
