With 2025 underway, the AFS Health Care team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the health care industry this year.

For the roughly 60 million Americans living in rural areas, their local hospital is the lifeblood of their community.

A new survey from Pew Research Center has found that most Americans think inflation, health care cost, and the federal budget ...

The EU helps to improve public health through funding and legislation on tackling cross-border health threats, medicines, patient's rights in cross-border healthcare, disease prevention and promotion ...

It’s common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental health issues or substance abuse. A new law is aimed at getting them ...

Introduction Good health system governance is essential for reducing high mortality and morbidity after injury in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Unfortunately, the current state of ...

The University of California College of the Law, based in San Francisco, commissioned a study by Wake Forest University Law and Public Health professor Mark Hall to measure the transaction's ...

Conclusion The UK government’s lockdown approach ... Public health authorities need to implement urgent policies to ensure equitable access to health and care for all in preparation for a fourthwave.

Anti-LGBTQI+ public policies overwhelmingly target youth and young adults, disrupting access to educational opportunities, social support, and health care services. Pro-LGBTQI+ policies such as ...

Despite the considerable attention presidential climate policies have achieved in the media, whether they are promulgated or ended, the conclusion from the data is that they are not the primary ...

Background: Kenya has prioritized Primary Health Care as an indispensable foundation ... served as a pivotal financial conduit for the sustenance of primary care facilities. Conclusion: The study ...

Q: What can be done to build up champions of oral health initiatives to help advance these policies? MB: There are a number of members of Congress who care about oral health issues, but there have ...