In a letter, PolicyLab responded to an opportunity for feedback from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on their white paper "Preparing for the Next Pandemic."   PolicyLab offers the following input on what can be learned from the response to the…

With schools in the U.S. developing strategies to reopen following their closures for the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many important health and safety concerns that we must consider to protect students, teachers and staff. What will physical distancing look like within classrooms and…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of paid family leave in California on statewide rates of preterm birth, low birthweight, postneonatal mortality, and overall infant mortality. DATA SOURCES: Live birth and death certificates from all in-hospital deliveries occurring in California …

This memo provides a staged strategy for how to safely reopen society following the initial peak of COVID-19 in the U.S. based on emerging knowledge that this virus is not as fatal as previously thought, but still remains highly contagious. The recommendations offered emphasize the…

Researchers at PolicyLab responded to a request for comment on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule to simplify meal service and monitoring requirements in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Under guidelines currently in place as part of the Healthy,…

Medical care is just one part of the equation when it comes to child and adolescent well-being. Social determinants of health, like food insecurity, environmental factors or a family’s housing conditions, can have a strong influence on a child’s growth and development, reaching far…