Terrific commentary by Rehkopf @stanforduniversity.bsky.social highlighting need for research on policies & programs to ⬇️ mortality. One key gap is policies to address social drivers, which is sadly being deprioritized by NIH leadership. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @popassocamerica.bsky.social
There was a time, up until approximately 1980, when the US had a similar life expectancy to other high-income nations,1 but our fall from that place has been rapid, and we now rank 46th in the world.2...
