Author: Health and Medicine Division

In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the United Nations Development Summit to serve as a 15-year plan of act...

Among the many who serve in the United States Armed Forces and who are deployed to distant locations around the world, myriad health threats are en...

With the worst human refugee crisis since World War II as the backdrop, from March 16 through March 18, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, E...

A planning committee convened by the Forum on Microbial Threats of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual wor...

On February 26, 2020, the Board on Health Sciences Policy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a 1-day public wo...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement has been focused on the subject of dep...

Technological advances in noninvasive neuroimaging, neurophysiology, genome sequencing, and other methods together with rapid progress in computati...

Oral health care and medical health care both seek to maintain and enhance human health and well-being. Yet, dentistry and primary care in the Unit...

On June 11 and June 12, 2019, the National Academies convened a workshop to explore the growing understanding of how the interplay between humans a...

For nearly a century, scientific advances have fueled progress in U.S. agriculture to enable American producers to deliver safe and abundant food d...

To explore the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in innovative drug development and its impact on patient access, the Board on Health...

Adolescence is a critical growth period in which youth develop essential skills that prepare them for adulthood. Prevention and intervention progra...

The high rate of incarceration in the United States contributes significantly to the nation's health inequities, extending beyond those who are imp...

When communities face complex public health emergencies, state local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies must make difficult decisions ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 40 million people in the United States suffer from a serious illness th...

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), in partnership with other agencies and divisions of the United States Dep...

In thousands of communities across the United States, drinking water is contaminated with chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl sub...

Regular use of sunscreens has been shown to reduce the risk of sunburn and skin cancer, and slow photoaging of skin. Sunscreens can rinse off into ...

The United States faces a significantly aging population as well as a growing share of the population that is living longer with multiple chronic c...

On August 7-8, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC, to review the status...

Education and health care significantly influence well-being and health outcomes, especially throughout adolescence. In fact, doctors note that per...

California and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years...

On December 4-5, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 1.5-day public workshop titled Exploring the Frontiers ...