Who doesn’t believe evidence should guide our decisions? Basing care and policy on evidence seems the best approach intuitively but why then is it so difficult to accomplish? A commentary in Public ...

These analyses from some of the nation’s most capable diplomats are valuable. But their recommendations do not go far enough. Revitalizing U.S. foreign policy will require more than a renewed ...

Colorado's state capitol. Evidence-based government has been embraced by the legislative and executive branches. (Photo: David Kidd) Before COVID, governors had hoped to increase general fund ...

Austin skyline. The city's “Reimagining Public Safety” project used evidence-based policymaking to inform the city's budget decisions and to shape public safety policies starting in 2020.

As a researcher and science writer wondering like many others why evidence does not always appear to make a difference in policy, I found myself deeply engaged in Karen Bogenschneider and Tom ...

This essay appears in print in Thinking in a Pandemic. COVID-19’s impact has been swift, widespread, and devastating. Never have so many clinicians devoted themselves so resolutely, at significant ...

Objectives The use of economic evidence to prioritise vaccines and delivery strategies to optimally use in immunisation systems is becoming a global priority, especially in low- and middle-income ...

Editors’ Note: Read responses to this essay by epidemiologists Marc Lipsitch and John Ioannidis, as well as a final response by Jonathan Fuller. All these pieces appear in print in Thinking in a ...