Immunization information systems are confidential, secure computer databases that record all immunization doses administered by participating health care providers. They help health care providers identify vaccines recommended for individuals...

To ensure that former Medicaid enrollees don’t lose their health coverage, lawmakers are creating ways to help them enroll in Affordable Care Act plans. 

Beyond COVID-19 tests and treatments, states face numerous changes to Medicaid, TANF and other benefits as the public health emergency ends.

State legislatures bolstered emergency medical services in 2022 amid workforce shortages, limited funding and other challenges.

States passed a steady stream of bills in 2022 to address educational disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and K-12 students’ continued reports of elevated levels of stress, depression and anxiety.

To reduce knowledge gaps that result from the underrepresentation of people of color and LGBTQ individuals in clinical trials of new drugs, state and federal lawmakers along with industry groups are working to make drug trials more diverse.