PRINCETON—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) today has reversed its recommendation that all newborns receive a Hepatitis B vaccination. Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of ...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), located in Princeton, N.J., is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. To get there, we must work ...

PRINCETON—The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced nine communities chosen to receive the 2024 RWJF Culture of Health Prize. The Prize celebrates communities that have made incredible ...

Healthcare providers would lose more than $770 billion in revenue over the next decade under the congressional spending bill passed by the House of Representatives. In addition to lost revenue, the ...

The Marketplace Pulse series provides expert insights on timely policy topics related to the health insurance marketplaces. The series, authored by RWJF Senior Policy Adviser Katherine Hempstead, ...

After decades of rising obesity rates among adults, the pace of increase is beginning to slow, but rates remain high. This report reveals that adult obesity rates increased in six states in the past ...

Building wealth and income among people who have long lacked opportunity is essential—and possible—for improving health equity. Substantial evidence links greater wealth with better health.

Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, ...

Faced with the challenge to visually convey the difference between equality and equity, we surveyed our audience and incorporated input from a range of people. Our new image is available now. You may ...

In 2018, a federal rule changed the definition of short-term limited-duration insurance (STLDI) so that it could be sold as a full-year substitute coverage for traditional health insurance. This rule ...

For 50-year-old individuals earning 401% of the federal poverty level (FPL), $60,391 in 2024, enrolled in the second-lowest cost silver plan in their ZIP code, premiums would increase by a national ...

Healthcare spending in the United States would decline by $797 billion over the next decade—with more than one-third of the decline occurring in California, Florida, Texas, and New York—under the ...