Research briefs, data dives, and the evidence behind the headlines.
The Briefing — PRAMS did not fall alone. The entire CDC division it lived inside was killed the same day — without a bill, without a vote, by layoff.
The Signal - The federal surveillance system that has asked American mothers what actually happened to their pregnancies every year since 1987 is being killed administratively.
The Briefing - Title X is being dismantled without a vote — and the law was designed to allow it. Here is why the people who study the law for a living are the people most suspicious of it.
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System has tracked maternal health data since 1987. Federal funding expires April 2026. Here’s what’s at stake.
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