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Digital ecosystems have become the primary arena in which the public encounters a variety of science and health information. In its seminal 2025 publication, Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM, 2025) note that “while some features of social media platforms contribute to the production and spread of misinformation, there are opportunities […]

Primary care is commonly the first point of contact for patients and is pivotal in the prevention and management of chronic disease. Yet despite primary care’s essential value for the health of the nation, more than 100 million people across rural and urban communities in the United States are experiencing a calamitous lack of access to primary care (National Association […]

Abstract For eight decades, the federal government has invested in biomedical and clinical research that has transformed public health, fueled economic growth, undergirded national security, and established the United States as a global leader in science and innovation. Government support has been unique in its emphasis on basic knowledge discovery, its support of investigations that lack immediate promise of profitable […]

Introduction The federal government established the Indian Health Service (IHS) in 1955 to manage the delivery of health care to members of federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Tribes living on or near AIAN land. Today, the IHS serves 1.7 million people across 43 hospitals and 383 clinics—but it continues to experience substantial physician shortages (Assistant Secretary for […]