Infant mortality has risen in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision[1]. This occurs for newborns – those less than a day old – as well as older infants – those 1 month to 1 year old.
In addition, states with new restrictions that include health exceptions[2], which permit an abortion to be performed to save the life of the mother or...
Colorado[1] has one of the highest suicide rates[2] in the nation, at 20.9 per 100,000[3] in 2023. Of the state’s 940 gun deaths that year, nearly 72% were by suicide[4].
Nationally, firearms are the leading cause of death[5] for American youth ages 1 to 17. More than 1 in 4 youth firearm deaths nationwide are due to suicide, with a parent’s firearm[6] most often the weapon used.
Firearm-related injuries and suicide...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation’s – if not the world’s – premier public health organization[1], is mired in a crisis[2] that not only threatens Americans’ health but also its very survival as a leading public health institution.
The degree of this crisis was on full display during Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Sept. 4, 2025, testimony before...
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