Like a doctor taking a patient’s pulse, public health scientists read their communities’ vital signs every day to help people stay healthy. They analyze trillions of bytes of data from health care ...

Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB), a 2019 Pew Fund for Health and Human Services grantee, uses basketball to help the city’s children and adolescents build the skills they need to be successful on ...

The people of Pabineau First Nation (PFN) have lived along the banks of the Nepisiguit River since time immemorial—as they say—in what is now the province of New Brunswick, Canada. And this year, PFN ...

This article is the second of a three-part series looking at issues surrounding debt lawsuits in state courts. State courts should offer a path to resolution for the millions of Americans sued for ...

This is part of a series of five articles examining key debates that will unfold in the nation’s statehouses in the year ahead. Transportation funds in many states are running low, and the next few ...

In the continuing effort to increase clean energy use in the U.S., 2024 was a noteworthy year. States throughout the country boosted manufacturing of components needed to produce and deliver clean ...

Median rents in New Mexico increased by 60% from October 2017 to October 2024, much more than the 27% recorded for the U.S. overall. The average price of a New Mexico home climbed even faster during ...

This is one in a series of five articles examining key debates that will unfold in the nation’s statehouses in the year ahead. High housing costs continue to be a major concern among Americans, and in ...

This is one in a series of five articles examining key debates that will unfold in the nation’s statehouses in the year ahead. As states move from studying generative artificial intelligence to ...

This is one in a series of five articles examining key debates that will unfold in the nation’s statehouses in the year ahead. Debates about how to approach public school funding are reaching a ...

The past few decades have brought forth a renaissance in cancer research. New technologies and breakthrough findings have transformed how scientists and clinicians understand and diagnose the disease, ...

Sustainable fisheries management relies on scientists’ ability to accurately estimate the size of targeted fish populations and the speed at which they reproduce. This information allows national and ...