Next Week in Public Health, January 10, 2025

Some super data was released this week. KFF Health News, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins and Shatterproof, has launched a comprehensive database tracking how billions from recent opioid settlements are being used by states and local governments. This resource, based on extensive research and public records from all 50 states, details the funds received in 2022-23, spending across categories like prevention and treatment, amounts set aside, and untracked funds. It also catalogs over 7,000 specific spending decisions, including funders, recipients, purposes, and amounts, making it the most detailed public record of these historic settlements to date.

You can find this and other interesting datasets at data-is-plural, an awesome resource for researchers.

Here’s what we have coming up next week.

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