David Hutton, a professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health, discusses the cost-effectiveness of RSV vaccination in older adults. Hutton and a group of University of Michigan researchers recently presented research on the topic during a meeting for the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
As the one-year anniversary passes on the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—and with it the constitutional right to an abortion—University of Michigan public policy professor Paula Lantz offers insights on the ramifications of that ruling and where things might be headed in the months ahead.
April Zeoli, associate professor of Health Management and Policy, testified before a Congressional forum held by the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force on June 5 where she discussed firearm injury prevention policy.
Far more older adults these days log on to secure websites or apps to connect with their health information or have a virtual health care appointment, compared with five years ago, a new poll shows.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Monday, May 22 enacting extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws. April Zeoli, professor of Health Management and Policy and policy core director at the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, discusses the laws and what research tells us about their use in preventing firearm injuries and death.
Paula Lantz, the James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy at U-M’s Ford School of Public Policy and professor of Health Management and Policy at Michigan Public Health, discusses how restrictive abortion policies in the US are predicted to have negative effects on maternal health, women’s economic opportunities and social welfare systems.