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As the marijuana industry marches toward mainstream acceptance, policymakers are turning to Rosalie Liccardo Pacula to help ensure that its popularity does not outpace scientific understanding of its risks.

Recent analyses by multiple think tanks indicate that tens of millions of Americans could lose their employer-sponsored health coverage.

With the COVID-19 pandemic costing lives and challenging the nation’s healthcare systems, Judy Salerno knew it was time to trade her executive suits for scrubs.

The COVID-19 crisis has led to an unprecedented increase in the use of telemedicine. To assess what that means for healthcare now and in the long term, the USC Schaeffer Center gathered experts for a widely viewed webinar on May 19.

Maryland’s unique payment system has helped bolster healthcare providers in the state. As revenue from elective care dried up, global budgets helped protect facilities by providing a continuous flow of funding.

Congress can help Americans fight COVID-19 by identifying its infected members and helping itself stay on the job. It’s time for a bipartisan leap into the testing pool.

Blood tests that find malignancies before they spread couldtransform our approach to treatment, Goldman wrote in Scientific American.

A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper proposes an innovative strategy — pooled testing — that could lower COVID-19 testing costs for schools and businesses by half or more compared to frequent individual testing.

COVID-19 is a public health crisis and threatens the world with economic disaster. To address how to mitigate the coronavirus’ rising danger to lives and livelihoods, the Schaeffer Center gathered experts to discuss.

COVID-19 makes it clear that many hospitals are not adequately prepared to handle pandemics. Kocher writes that we need to rethink the way we incentivize hospitals to handle pandemic response.