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NAMBlog – For Breadcrumbs Measles: What to Know Learn key facts about symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk, and how it can be prevented. Reviewed by Georges Benjamin, MD, and Carlos del Rio, MD. Last updated April 3, 2025. Measles is an extremely contagious virus that can lead to severe complications, including death and permanent disability. It is […]

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) held the Symposium on Pediatric Disaster Science, led by the Action Collaborative for Disaster Research, on August 1st and 2nd, 2022, in Washington, DC. The meeting convened a broad representation of subject matter experts, including federal and nonfederal partners, with the goal of presenting the scope of […]

Overview The health care field’s transformational shift toward value-based care is marked by significant efforts to create a higher quality, more equitable health care system. This includes (1) paying greater attention to health-related social needs and social determinants of health, (2) building a more robust public and community health system in poor and medically underserved communities, and (3) doing so […]

An NAM Graphic Medicine project To recognize the annual Health Workforce Well-Being Day on March 18, 2025, the NAM released this graphic medicine project demonstrating the critical health worker-patient relationship. Through art, the project highlights that health workers and the communities they serve have the common goal of better outcomes for all, and addressing burnout among health […]

  Modifiable lifestyle factors are profoundly powerful in maximizing health span and lifespan. Numerous long-term epidemiologic studies provide compelling evidence that self-care behaviors, such as being physically active, eating a nutritious diet, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, avoiding excessive alcohol intake, and getting sufficient sleep, are critically important for maintaining cardiometabolic health (e.g., favorable lipid, glucose, and blood pressure […]

  Military and Veterans and Population Health Military service can be viewed as a social determinant of health (SDOH) with powerful influences both during and following the end of one’s service commitment. Those who have volunteered to serve in the military in the 50 years since the inception of the All-Volunteer Force comprise a unique population in the United States […]