While U.S. policymakers struggle with efforts to stymie the resurgence of measles globally—in recent months cropping up at seemingly innocuous places like Disneyland—countries are faced with a beast of a different nature. In the United States, we are fortunate to be armed with a large supply of vaccines that have all but eliminated the most frequent killers of children under the age of 5, including smallpox, tetanus, and measles. In the developing world, however, there’s still a long way to go.
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This Election Day, Berkeley and San Francisco, Calif. become the latest battleground cities in line to put a sugary beverage tax on the ballot—Measure D in Berkeley and Measure E in San Francisco. To date, more than 30 similar proposals have been tried by states and localities but none have passed.
Read MoreShow Me the Money
If you’ve ever played the state lottery, you’ve probably seen the advertisements reassuring you that your lucky dollars are going toward education, a fundamental component of socioeconomic status and determinant of population health. But where do lottery winnings really go?
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