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Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health

From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses. While…

Frymer discusses ‘Building an American Empire’

Paul Frymer, a professor of politics at Princeton University and the director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School…

Reinhardt Receives Health Policy Leadership Award

Uwe Reinhardt is a winner of the 2017 Bipartisan Health Policy Leadership Award from the National Alliance of Health Policy. The award recognizes…

To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology

Predicting how climate change will affect the incidence of infectious diseases would have great public health benefits. But the relationship between…

Doctors Trained at Lowest-Ranked Medical Schools Prescribe More Opioids

Physicians trained at the United States’ lowest-ranked medical schools write more opioid prescriptions than physicians trained at the highest-ranked…

Study Links Unhealthy Segregated Neighborhoods to Childhood Asthma

Researchers have had trouble explaining why black children are much more likely than other children to suffer from asthma. A new study by Princeton…

Decrease in Lead Exposure in Early Childhood May Be Responsible for Drop in Crime Rate

Exposure to lead in the preschool years significantly increases the chance that children will be suspended or incarcerated during their school…

Deaton Testifies Before U.S. Senate on America’s Deadly Opioid Epidemic

Testifying before a Joint Economic Committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on June 8, Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D.

Medical Abortions Obtained Through Online Telemedicine Shown to be Effective, Safe

Women in Ireland and Northern Ireland acquiring medical abortion pills through online telemedicine report successful terminations with low rates of…

Politics & Polls #43: Why Are ‘Deaths of Despair’ Plaguing Middle-Aged White Americans?

President Donald Trump pledged to bring jobs back to America during his campaign, appealing to a strong middle class base that’s been struggling with…

Politics & Polls #37: On the Same Team? Trump’s Dynamics with Congress

Shortly after the bill to replace the Affordable Care Act was pulled, President Trump called The Washington Post’s Robert Costa to discuss what…

Age Limits on E-Cigarettes Cause Uptick in Cigarette Smoking Among Pregnant Teens

While laws placing age limits on the purchasing of e-cigarettes are intended to reduce the use of tobacco products, a recent study shows an…

WWS Reacts: New Partnership Aims to Prevent Global Health Epidemics

A number of donors and pharmaceutical companies have raised $500 million to support a partnership aimed at controlling future global epidemics. …

WWS Reacts: What a Trump Presidency Really Means for the Affordable Care Act

During the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a system that covers 20 million people who were…

Why Private Health Insurers Are Losing Money on the Affordable Care Act

The choice of young people to forgo health insurance combined with the high cost of providing care for the sickest Americans are together generating…

International Panel on Social Progress Seeks Comments on Report

The International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP), which brings together social scientists around the world to analyze social trends and spur debate…

WWS Reacts: Supreme Court Rules Texas Abortion Law Unconstitutional

In a 5-3 ruling, the Supreme Court this week struck down a Texas law that imposed regulations on abortion clinics in the state. The law, passed in…

Zika Virus Alerts May Have Prompted Uptick in Abortion Requests in Latin America

Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely to seek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika virus, according to a study…

The Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Great Recession

Financial strain has long been one of the leading causes of family discord, but a recent study suggests that simply living through major economic…

WWS Reacts: How Will Funding Help in the Fight Against Zika?

The Senate voted last week to advance $1.1 billion in emergency funding to help fight the spread of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that is particularly…

Q&A: Does the ‘Hispanic Paradox’ Still Exist?

This text is available in English and Spanish. Scroll down for the Spanish translation. El artículo está disponible en inglés y español…

Addressing Economic Hardships in Rural America Could Help Control Drug Epidemic, Wailoo Tells Congress

America’s drug epidemic could be better controlled by addressing the economic hardships facing rural America, Princeton University’s Keith Wailoo…

SINSI Spotlight: A Passion for the Health and Well-Being of Others

Concern for the health and well-being of others has long been a driving force for Marlise Pierre-Wright ’12, MPA ’16. As a Princeton University…

Mortality Rates Improve Among Kids and Young Adults in the US, Especially in Poor Counties

Recent studies of mortality trends paint a gloomy picture for many middle-aged and older Americans, but a new study focused on children reveals a…

Researchers Propose Surveillance System for Zika Virus and Other Infectious Diseases

A group of prominent researchers from seven institutions including Princeton University are calling for the establishment of a worldwide program to…