Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Dr. Oz Is The Face Of America's Healthcare Cuts; What We Get Wrong About Men's Mental Health
Newsweek: Democrats Must Make Dr. Oz The Republicans’ Political Albatross
Despite Mehmet Oz not formally endorsing Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primaries, Trump has now put him in charge of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and he is using that perch to dismantle the health care that working-class families actually depend on. (Al Sharpton, 7/1)
Stat: How To Improve Young Men’s Mental Health
When we talk about men’s mental health, we tend to focus on what men are not doing: Not going to therapy. Not opening up. Not doing the work. If the hope was to shame men into better mental health, it has not worked. (Wes Moore, 7/1)
CNN: A Pediatrician Stands By Her Parenting Advice Despite A Backlash
A few weeks ago, I posted on social media what I called “unhinged” advice I’ve given to families. I’m a pediatrician and a mom of two, and I chose that word deliberately — it’s half sarcasm and half scroll stopper, but the point is that many parents have lost the plot when it comes to children needing to be comfortable with discomfort. (Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, 6/30)
Stat: Ebola Outbreak Reveals Unlearned Lesson: Early Detection Is Crucial
As the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak spreads across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, global attention has understandably focused on the absence of licensed vaccines and therapeutics for this rare species of Ebola virus. Yet one of the outbreak’s most consequential failures has received far less attention: our inability to rapidly and reliably diagnose the pathogen in the first place. (Krutika Kuppalli and Placide Mbala, 7/1)
The Boston Globe: Supreme Court’s Transgender Sports Ruling Rests On A Myth
In upholding trans athlete bans, the Supreme Court leaned on unsupported claims about fairness and safety. (Kimberly Atkins Stohr, 6/30)
