A weekly news review by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio
June 02, 2023
New analysis by NPR has found that at least 1 in 5 people living in the 644 mostly Southern counties designated by the CDC as ‘the diabetes belt” have medical debt in collections
June 02, 2023
The number of Ohioans who died by suicide increased in 2021, according to new data from the Ohio Department of Health
May 26, 2023
Social media can profoundly harm the mental health of youth, particularly adolescent girls, the U.S. Surgeon General warned in an advisory on Tuesday
May 26, 2023
About 20 states have considered bills this year that would make free school meals permanent, building on a federal program to fund universal free meals during the COVID pandemic
May 26, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of Americans with low incomes have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of a pandemic-era policy that prohibited states from removing people from the program
May 26, 2023
HPIO has updated data first included in its January Health Value Dashboard policy brief, “A closer look at outdoor air pollution and health.”
May 19, 2023
As stakeholders across the country mark Mental Health Awareness Month, HPIO’s recently released 2023 Health Value Dashboard found that one way health value in Ohio can be improved is by fostering mental well-being.
May 19, 2023
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic, although experts say there may be some reason for optimism
May 19, 2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency ending has left Ohioans who are prescribed controlled substances in limbo
May 19, 2023
A new study has found that the nation’s racial inequities have resulted in a staggering 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans over the past 22 years
May 12, 2023
The coronavirus-related public health emergency ended Thursday, meaning more Ohioans could face out-of-pocket expenses that had previously been covered by the federal government or insurers
May 12, 2023
U.S. adolescents made fewer weekly emergency department visits for mental health conditions in Fall 2022 compared to a year earlier, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday
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