PRINCETON—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) today has reversed its recommendation that all newborns receive a Hepatitis B vaccination. Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of ...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), located in Princeton, N.J., is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. To get there, we must work ...

Healthcare providers would lose more than $770 billion in revenue over the next decade under the congressional spending bill passed by the House of Representatives. In addition to lost revenue, the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted the lives of everyone living in the United States and around the world, but the most severe health and economic impacts have been concentrated among people of color, ...

The Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace) and Medicaid are important sources of coverage in farm states, with between one-fifth and one-third of the states’ populations enrolled in one of these ...

Busting the stereotype of men as breadwinners and women as caregivers benefits families and our economy. New research reveals conditions and supports needed for men to fulfill their caregiver roles.

After decades of rising obesity rates among adults, the pace of increase is beginning to slow, but rates remain high. This report reveals that adult obesity rates increased in six states in the past ...

At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we believe New Jersey—our home state—should be a place where everyone can live the healthiest life possible, regardless of who they are, where they come from, or ...

Simple steps, guided by input from community members, can help reduce social isolation and improve health, wellbeing, and civic engagement. What happens when young men and boys of color aren’t able to ...

Building wealth and income among people who have long lacked opportunity is essential—and possible—for improving health equity. Substantial evidence links greater wealth with better health.

Healthcare spending in the United States would decline by $797 billion over the next decade—with more than one-third of the decline occurring in California, Florida, Texas, and New York—under the ...

A leader committed to the mental health and healing of Black communities shares his insights. A few years ago, I read a painfully insightful account in the New York Times of what it means to be a ...