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Explainer: Understanding the SNAP program—and what cuts to these benefits may mean

Featuring Sara Bleich

November 10, 2025

A pharmacy advertises COVID-19 testing and vaccines.

“Worried about the pandemics of yesterday”: Health policy experts are concerned that the nation’s health preparedness is eroding

October 15, 2025

Kimberlyn Leary photo.

Kimberlyn Leary: Moving from the hyperlocal to large-scale systemic change

Featuring Kimberlyn Leary, and Jeffrey Liebman

September 8, 2025

A healthcare worker wearing blue gloves administers a vaccine injection into a young girl’s upper arm while she sits in a chair, her hair in braids and wearing a face mask.

Behind the scenes at the Department of Public Health: How a Harvard physician is supporting child well-being in Massachusetts

March 31, 2026

A woman helps a young girl use an inhaler with a spacer while sitting at a table with notebooks and school supplies in a bright living room.

When parents have unstable work conditions, kids are more likely to visit the ER for asthma

Featuring Daniel Schneider

March 20, 2026

Three panelists seated on stools at a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics event titled 'Debate, Debrief & Dessert,' with an audience member visible in the foreground near a microphone stand.

Did the CDC get it right during the COVID-19 pandemic?

March 17, 2026

Empty government podium placed on the steps of the Capital with a sign that says “Save Healthcare.”

The health insurance subsidies behind the government shutdown

Featuring Mark Shepard

October 20, 2025

MA Gov Maura Healey speaking on health care.

Explainer: What is the role of the federal government in managing health care?

Featuring Kimberlyn Leary

September 22, 2025

Health care stock market numbers projected across a building facade.

The corporatization of healthcare gets a bad rap. HKS research explores what’s working and what other options are available.

Featuring Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard

September 4, 2025

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