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KFF Monitor provides ongoing, current data on U.S. vaccine attitudes and knowledge
It can be challenging to keep up with changing attitudes and behaviors of Americans when it comes to vaccines. This is particularly true in the currently volatile environment of misinformation coming not only from social media and anti-vaccine advocacy organizations but also from within the highest levels of the federal government. The KFF COVID-19 Vaccine…
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How journalists can use NHATS data to report on aging, disability and caregiving
The National Health and Aging Trends Study is an annual survey of a nationally representative sample of older adults drawn from the Medicare enrollment file, led by Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan. It shows what daily life is like over time for aging adults, like whether they can bathe, shop, or get around,…
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SWAN public datasets offer a deeper look at menopause and midlife health
Many of the numbers that reshaped how medicine and the media understand menopause came from a single study: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. The SWAN Public Use Datasets give reporters free access to that evidence: nearly 30 years of longitudinal data on how 3,302 women’s bodies, moods, sleep, and overall health changed…
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Nearly half of US adults under 65 had little to no health insurance in 2026: Report
Almost half (46%) of working-age adults aged 19 to 64 had inadequate health insurance this year, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. Published Oct. 22, “The State of Health Insurance Coverage in 2026” was based on the fund’s 2026 Biennial Health Insurance Survey. Among those adults, 11% were uninsured, 12% had a coverage…
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Mapping birth control access: Dataset captures 12-year state policy trends
Most health insurance plans in the United States must cover birth control at no cost to patients thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But that ACA provision remains one of its most contentious parts and has been the target of policy debates and lawsuits. A new interactive dataset by researchers with CONVERGE at the University…
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Study links Chicago school closures to rise in neighborhood shootings
Emmet Elementary School was one of 50 schools that closed in 2013 as part of a cost-saving measure. It re-opened in 2025 as a community center. Photo by Josh Kalov, CC BY 2.0 Thirteen years after Chicago closed 50 public schools, researchers found that shootings rose in the areas surrounding the vacant school buildings. An…
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Can AI save global health or will it deepen inequities?
Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Can artificial intelligence compensate for billions of dollars in disappearing global health funding? Governments, philanthropies and technology companies are increasingly turning to AI as a potential way to address clinician shortages and expand access to care in low-resource settings. Technology companies and health systems continue to promote AI…
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