
Massachusetts Lawmakers Prioritize Health Policy
Massachusetts lawmakers made health policy their central focus of the 2025-2026 legislative session.

Massachusetts lawmakers made health policy their central focus of the 2025-2026 legislative session.

Massachusetts lawmakers made health policy their central focus of the 2025-2026 legislative session.

Elsa Pearson is a senior policy analyst at Boston University School of Public Health. She tweets at @epearsonbusph. Health care mergers and acquisitions can have

This post is the second in a series that examines pharmaceutical drug distribution in the United States.

Health Services Research (HSR) is planning a special issue with the Catholic Health Association of the United States on the theme of health care equity,
You’ve probably heard before that acetaminophen during pregnancy is associated with symptoms of ADHD and Autism in offspring. Well, we’ve got another study on that

Below are recent publications from Boston University’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management. You can find all posts in this series here. August 2021 Edition
What’s the deal with Covid variants? How well do the different Covid vaccines protect against them? Today we’ll tell you about the several variants, including
Alcoholics Anonymous has long been a treatment for alcoholism, and many, many addiction experts and people in recovery swear by the 12 step process. But

A recently published paper examines optimism bias in quitting vaping, specifically among youths aged 14 to 18 who were aware of e-cigarettes, and factors that might affect their optimism bias.

This study highlights an important relationship between organizational factors in inpatient psychiatric units and the use of coercive measures — particularly, that the use of these measures may be impacted by the clinical work environment.
My family recently purchased a 2021 Toyota Rav4 Prime. As I became familiar with it, and flipped through the owner’s manual a few times, it

Please forgive us all for not giving you the life that you so richly deserved, and might well have had.

Below are recent publications from me and my colleagues from Boston University’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management. You can find all posts in this