Anna Rouw

Jun 18, 2024 | kff.org | Josh Michaud |Anna Rouw |Jennifer Kates

This brief was updated on June 18 to reflect developments at the 2024 World Health Assembly. In 2022, due to challenges and gaps exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed to a process to review and potentially revise an existing international legal agreement known as the International Health Regulations (IHR).

May 29, 2024 | kff.org | Lindsey Dawson |Anna Rouw

As of May 21, 2024, KFF tracking shows that half of all U.S. states have enacted a law that prohibits or limits youth access to . The uptick in this lawmaking was slow at first but then rapidly accelerated over the course of the past 18 months. LGBTQ civil rights, including those related to health care access, continue to be the subject of divisive political debates at the state and national level, particularly as the election season heats up.

May 21, 2024 | kff.org | Josh Michaud |Anna Rouw |Jennifer Kates

In 2022, due to challenges and gaps exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed to a process to review and potentially revise an existing international legal agreement known as the International Health Regulations (IHR). This agreement outlines rights and responsibilities of WHO and governments, including the U.S., in handling international public health events and global health emergencies such as pandemics.

Apr 1, 2024 | kff.org | Josh Michaud |Jennifer Kates |Anna Rouw

Countries are nearing the end of negotiations on a new international ‘pandemic agreement’ (also referred to as a ‘pandemic accord’ or ‘pandemic treaty’). For more than two years, representatives from member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have held a series of meetings to draft this new agreement, with a vote on the final text expected in May 2024 during this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA).

Dec 11, 2023 | kff.org | Josh Michaud |Jennifer Kates |Anna Rouw

New federal funding of $3 billion provided to health departments from the American Rescue Plan is designed to build and bolster what has been a depleted public health workforce in the United States. The funding, distributed through the CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure Grants (PHIG) program, has been provided to 107 different jurisdictions, including state, county, city, and territorial health departments.