This policy brief reviews state telehealth laws governing telehealth for ADHD or Tourette syndrome diagnosis, monitoring, or treatment. It summarizes the legal landscape and evidence and offers a research agenda and possible policy options.

Federal cannabis policy is changing rapidly, but researchers argue the key public health issue it is regulated and sold. Explore why stronger cannabis regulations, enforcement, potency limits, and safeguards are needed in the Schedule III era.

New research examines marketing and regulatory compliance among US cannabis retailers in 2025 and finds noncompliance in youth-appeal marketing, health claims, and discount restrictions and gaps in state required warning signage.

This article, published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health, examines federal and state laws, professional guidance, and facility policies to assess barriers to implementing these practices.

This article introduces the “policy exposome,” framing policy as a cumulative exposure that shapes dementia risk across the life course by influencing social, environmental, and behavioral conditions.

This article analyzes a scientific legal mapping that provides a thorough account of the key elements of state laws governing SSPs and syringe possession and distribution in the US from January 1, 2010, through June 1, 2024.

This paper in Journal of Family Violence analyzes state firearm prohibitor laws, focusing on employment exemptions, and presents legal data on the evolution of these laws nationwide.

Private equity firms have gained increasing control of U.S. health care infrastructure. Along with other potential consequences, this growth threatens to undermine progress in health equity.

This dataset measures key features of local and state wage theft laws in the 40 largest US cities to assess the added value of local legislation and to create scientific legal data for use in evaluating the health impact of wage theft laws.

This study systematically analyzes 121 such settlements from 1970 to 2022 to assess their policy goals and implementation strategies.

This article explores CityHealth, an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, as a model collaboration between research and practice that advances a package of evidence-based policies.

This article provides 18 years of data (1999–2017) on anti-bullying legislation and amendments across 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and describes how the legal content analysis was conducted.

This article details changes in abortion laws including abortion bans and related penalties, interstate shield laws, and data privacy protections, from June 1, 2022 through January 1, 2023.

This article examines the role of leadership and legal interventions in crisis management, offering insights into failures during the pandemic and recommendations to improve public health response and policy.

This article critiques antiscientific abortion regulations and calls for research and surveillance to support evidence-based policymaking for reproductive health and rights.