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Centres de vaccination, inspections sanitaires dans la restauration ou systèmes de surveillance des maladies sont autant de structures et de missions gérées par les services de santé publique locaux et régionaux. Sean Rayford/Stringer via Getty Images

March 17, 2026

Santé publique : les incertitudes sur les financements sont préjudiciables, comme le montre l’exemple des États‑Unis

Max Crowley, Penn State

La santé publique repose sur une planification à long terme. Lorsque cette dernière est interrompue, certains programmes ne s’en remettent jamais.

Communities rely on vaccination clinics, restaurant inspections and disease surveillance systems run by local and state public health departments. Sean Rayford/Stringer via Getty Images

March 6, 2026

Public health needs steady budgets – and federal funding uncertainty causes real harms, even if the money is later restored

Max Crowley, Penn State

Public health depends on long-term planning, and when that planning is interrupted, some programs never recover.

Every state bears the burden of the opioid crisis. Digital Deliverance/Shutterstock.com

July 30, 2019

Opioid epidemic may have cost states at least $130 billion in treatment and related expenses – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg

Joel Segel, Penn State; Douglas L. Leslie, Penn State; Gary Zajac, Penn State; Max Crowley, Penn State, and Paul L. Morgan, Penn State

State governments are leading the charge against opioid makers over their role in the epidemic. A team of researchers at Penn State examined just how much the crisis has cost them.

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