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Illustration of pills erupting from prescription bottle

Health policy

Requests for brand name prescription drugs cost Medicare additional $1.7B in 2017

Published March 4, 2021

Opting for generic over brand name prescription drugs would save hundreds of millions a year, study finds

Public health

Survey finds frequent reports of missed medical care during pandemic

Published Jan 28, 2021

Survey also finds fear of being exposed to COVID-19 and financial setbacks as common reasons for missing medical care

People in a low-resource health care setting

Hopkins faculty co-found new international society for global health policy research

Published Nov 10, 2020

They aim for public health policy experts from various disciplines to break out of their academic or research silos to enhance collaboration for the greater good

U.S. policy

More U.S. adults report wanting the government to play a larger role in society

Published Oct 30, 2020

More adults supported health, unemployment, and income-related policies in April 2020 than did in September 2019

Investing in public health

Published Oct 26, 2020

America must invest in public health infrastructure rather than private interests if democracy is to be preserved, says physician and health policy expert Joshua Sharfstein

COVID-19

Anthony Fauci discusses state of U.S. coronavirus response

Published Oct 16, 2020

Bloomberg School's Ellen MacKenzie spoke with the nation's top infectious diseases expert in the first installment of the university's Health Policy Forum series