We look at what the research says about whether child access prevention and safe storage laws work to prevent gun violence.

Public health champions emphasize the importance of voter registration, noting that voting and health are associated.

For health care journalists in the U.S., it’s important to understand the possible consequences of overturning the Chevron ...

Question order bias can affect how people answer questions. These five tips can help journalists avoid covering problematic ...

Rain, snow and other types of bad weather can discourage in-person voting. Recent research shows how expanding mail voting and early and absentee voting can reduce the impact.

We’ve updated this popular tip sheet, which briefs journalists on basic gun facts and terminology. We created it to help newsrooms avoid some of the most common errors in news stories about firearms, ...

With immigration being a big election issue, it’s crucial for journalists to highlight the numerous health challenges that migrants face and the health care options available to them. Subscribe. It’s ...

For journalists, academic research should be an essential tool for thwarting misinformation, holding policymakers accountable, generating story ideas, bolstering investigative reporting projects, and ...

In the mid-1990s, Arizona State University political scientist Kim Fridkin dubbed U.S. press coverage of male and female candidates vying for state office a “distorted mirror” marked by gender bias ...

The “costs” of the post-9/11 conflicts can vary according to the research organization doing the estimates and depend on the particular focus and units of measurement. A March 2013 paper from Harvard ...

Team owners looking to build or revamp big league sports stadiums often seek public funds in the hundreds of millions of dollars. But research conducted over decades indicates these investments almost ...