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WWS Reacts: Following Texas Ruling, What’s Next for the ACA?

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) appears to be on the chopping block again after a federal court judge in Texas ruled the law unconstitutional. While…

WWS Reacts: Trump’s Border Wall, DACA and "Chain Migration"

So-called “chain migration” is in the news again as House Republicans try to introduce a government funding bill that includes $5 billion in funding…

Urban Population, Transportation Patterns Affect How Flu Epidemics Play Out

The more people a city has and the more organized its residents' movement patterns, the longer its flu season is apt to last, new research co…

Assault During Pregnancy Can Lead to Low Birth Weight and Pre-Term Babies

Physical assault during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, can significantly increase the rates of babies born at very low birth weights …

Mental Health Declining Among Disadvantaged American Adults

American adults of low socioeconomic status report increasing mental distress and worsening well-being, according to a new study by Princeton…

Boosting Employment Rate Is Unlikely to Curb Opioid Use

Improving job prospects for people in economically depressed parts of the United States is unlikely to help curb the opioid epidemic, according to a…

WWS Reacts: The 2020 Census

President Donald Trump’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census has sparked controversy in Washington and beyond. Below, Princeton…

Politics & Polls #79: Immigration, Refugees and the State of Journalism in 2018

Today, the nation faces a series of major policy challenges revolving around immigrants and refugees. In this episode, Julian Zelizer talks to NPR…

Reinhardt, Cheng Recognized for Contributions to Health Policy

The late Uwe Reinhardt was awarded the Chair Award by AcademyHealth, the country’s leading national organization for health services researchers,…

“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal

While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition clearly reveals…

Nancy Duff Campbell: A Path to Public Service

Nancy Duff Campbell is the founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center. This fall, she visited the Woodrow Wilson School in October…

Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

WWS Reacts: Is Gun Violence an American 'Epidemic'?

Two shooters opened fire at a party in San Bernadino, Calif., last week, killing 14 people and injuring 21, the latest in a series of mass shootings…

More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor

People often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but that may be a dangerous assumption when it comes to…

Princeton-Fung Global Forum Identifies Approaches for Dealing with 'Modern Plagues'

On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars and students…

An Anthropological View of the Ebola Outbreak

More than 150 people gathered in Robertson Hall in early October for a panel discussion and reception by four social scientists who examined…

Fung Forum on 'Modern Plagues' Kicks Off in Dublin

On day two of the 2015 Princeton-Fung Global Forum, Tuesday, Nov.

Quiet ‘Epidemic’ Has Killed Half a Million Middle-Aged White Americans

Despite advances in health care and quality of life, white middle-aged Americans have seen overall mortality rates increase over the past 15 years,…

What to Expect from Open Enrollment 2015-2016

November 1 marks the start of the third annual Open Enrollment period for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Eligible Americans can shop…

Tienda Named to Population Reference Bureau’s Board of Trustees

Marta Tienda, Maurice P. During '22 Professor of Demographic Studies and professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson…

Twitter Chat Focuses on the Government's Role in Relief Efforts

Doug Mercado, an alumnus of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and an officer with the U.S. Agency for…

WooCast: Behind the Scenes of the Princeton-Fung Global Forum

Resolving epidemics like the Ebola crisis requires a multidisciplinary approach –involving not only public health and medical knowledge but an…

Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success

Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration.

Metcalf Awarded by Wellcome Fund to Study Population, Disease Dynamics

C. Jessica Metcalf, a Princeton University assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biologyand public affairs, was one of 10 professors whose…

WWS Reacts: Hungary Declares a State of Migration Emergency

A law passed by the Hungarian parliament last week gave the government the right to declare a state of migration emergency to cope with the tens of…