This essay examines Medicaid's critical role in the opioid epidemic, highlighting improved outcomes for those with coverage while addressing policy threats like work requirements and block grants.

This essay explores how legal epidemiology and policy surveillance can clarify the impact of abortion laws on public health outcomes, improving evidence for targeted efforts in abortion access.

This essay examines immigration law as a social determinant of health, exploring its impacts on fear, access to social goods, and health perceptions, while highlighting legal mobilization responses.

This essay discusses the CityHealth model's use of policy surveillance and accountability frameworks to drive evidence-based policy change in U.S. cities, addressing social determinants of health.

This essay explores how state policy polarization impacts life expectancy in the U.S., highlighting structural drivers like New Federalism, preemption laws, and corporate influence on policy.

This legal map reviews housing laws in 40 U.S. cities, exploring their effects on racial inequity, mental health, and public health emergencies as of August 1, 2018.

This dataset looks at state reproductive health care conscience laws (2019), focusing on procedural protections like immunity from civil liability and limits when patient safety is at risk.

This resource compiles tables tracking COVID-19 emergency declarations, mitigation policies, and topic-specific legal responses across all jurisdictional levels.

This article examines state legal actions to mitigate COVID-19’s public health impact, including social distancing mandates, medical procedure restrictions, and local versus state governance policies.

This dataset examines global laws regulating self-managed abortion in 180 countries and 40 jurisdictions, highlighting legal restrictions, requirements, and criminal penalties as of June 1, 2019.

This article provides legal and policy resources, evidence-based strategies, and expert analysis on mitigating COVID-19’s impact, focusing on emergency declarations, preparedness, and equitable public health solutions.

This dataset highlights city nuisance property ordinances in the 40 most populous U.S. cities (2017–2019), exploring their impact on public health and marginalized groups, including domestic violence survivors and individuals with disabilities.

This dataset identifies key features of state fair housing laws across 49 states and DC, expanding federal protections under the Fair Housing Act, covering discrimination types and exemptions, in effect from August 1, 2017, to August 1, 2019.

This dataset analyzes state abortion waiting period laws requiring mandatory counseling and delays before procedures, as of August 31, 2020, including enforceability considerations.

This article highlights a Journal of Public Health Management and Practice supplement featuring 13 original articles on legal epidemiology, exploring its evolution, methods, and applications in public health.