What the Trump Administration, RFK Jr., and the MAHA Report Got Wrong About Improving Children’s Health ArticleSeptember 11, 2025 What the Trump Administration, RFK Jr., and the MAHA Report Got Wrong About Improving Children’s Health The Make America Healthy Again Commission’s strategy report underscores the importance of childhood nutrition but casts doubt on proven health strategies; fails to acknowledge the Trump administration’s harm to children’s health; and distracts from effective strategies to prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity and to ensure access to vaccines, food security, and clean air and water. Sep 11, 2025 Jill Rosenthal, Steven Woolf
RFK Jr. Is Systematically Undermining Vaccine Science and Endangering Health ArticleJune 27, 2025 RFK Jr. Is Systematically Undermining Vaccine Science and Endangering Health U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent upheaval of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is just one example of numerous attempts to replace science with his personal agenda. Jun 27, 2025 Steven Woolf, Jill Rosenthal
Research in Ruin: Slashing the NIH Will Stifle Development of Lifesaving Medical Treatments and Harm the Economy Past EventApril 7, 2025 Research in Ruin: Slashing the NIH Will Stifle Development of Lifesaving Medical Treatments and Harm the Economy Please join the Center for American Progress for the next in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus on how cuts to NIH will limit progress in preventing and curing diseases and damage the economy in the process. Online only Apr 7, 2025
Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress ReportJanuary 8, 2025 Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress Growing vaccine hesitancy, driven by misinformation and disinformation, threatens the health of American children and communities. Jan 8, 2025 Steven Woolf, Jill Rosenthal
Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries ArticleSeptember 11, 2024 Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries The Project 2025 agenda would cause Medicare beneficiaries to lose no-cost access to lifesaving vaccines, increasing their health care costs and jeopardizing their health—particularly for older Black and Latino adults and those with lower incomes. Sep 11, 2024 Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns
The Nation Can’t Afford Further Backsliding on Public Health In the NewsMarch 28, 2024 The Nation Can’t Afford Further Backsliding on Public Health Jill Rosenthal writes in Governing about the need to protect the nation's public health by holding firm to scientifically proven, successful disease prevention methods. Mar 28, 2024 Governing Jill Rosenthal
The Recent COVID-Fueled Rise in Disability Calls for Better Worker Protections ArticleOctober 26, 2023 The Recent COVID-Fueled Rise in Disability Calls for Better Worker Protections Policymakers must take steps to address the recent rise in disability, which has been fueled by long COVID. Oct 26, 2023 Mia Ives-Rublee, Anona Neal
Reversing the Decline in Routine Childhood Immunization Rates Is Good Health, Equity, and Economic Policy ReportJuly 6, 2023 Reversing the Decline in Routine Childhood Immunization Rates Is Good Health, Equity, and Economic Policy Policymakers can address the decline in routine childhood vaccination rates in the United States by improving access and boosting confidence in childhood vaccines, and by making vaccination the easiest and most sensible choice. Jul 6, 2023 Jill Rosenthal
The U.S. Needs a Federal Program To Expand Vaccine Access and Equity for Adults ArticleApril 18, 2023 The U.S. Needs a Federal Program To Expand Vaccine Access and Equity for Adults A Vaccines for Adults program is critical to expand vaccine access among uninsured adults and boost vaccination rates, therefore promoting equity and reducing health disparities. Apr 18, 2023 Marquisha Johns
What Will Happen if Congress Fails To Further Fund COVID-19 Vaccines, Tests, and Treatments? ArticleNovember 7, 2022 What Will Happen if Congress Fails To Further Fund COVID-19 Vaccines, Tests, and Treatments? The lack of funding for COVID-19 response has left the country unprepared for a possible surge of the coronavirus this winter and beyond. Nov 7, 2022 Jill Rosenthal
The Inflation Reduction Act Takes an Important Step in Protecting Public Health by Addressing Vaccine Coverage Gaps and Climate Change ArticleOctober 6, 2022 The Inflation Reduction Act Takes an Important Step in Protecting Public Health by Addressing Vaccine Coverage Gaps and Climate Change Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act will protect public health by improving adult access to vaccines and reducing harmful air pollution. Oct 6, 2022 Sarah Millender
5 Facts About the Monkeypox Outbreak ArticleSeptember 12, 2022 5 Facts About the Monkeypox Outbreak While monkeypox is less contagious than COVID-19 and largely preventable through vaccination, the outbreak has highlighted that the U.S. public health system remains underprepared for crises. Sep 12, 2022 Marquisha Johns