Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: High Court's Childhood Vaccine Ruling Is Significant; GLP-1 Use Is Moving Faster Than The Science
The Washington Post: What Makes This Appeals Court Decision On Vaccines So Noteworthy
Constitutional law on vaccines was long settled. Now, the Supreme Court favors religious exemptions. (Zalman Rothschild, 4/15)
The New York Times: GLP-1 Experimentation Is Everywhere, And Science Can’t Keep Up
Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up. (Julia Belluz, 4/14)
Stat: Science Publishers Need To Improve On Flagging Studies Under Review
File this under “hiding in plain sight.” Last fall, the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry issued a so-called expression of concern about a controversial study that was published in 2001 about the widely prescribed antidepressant known as Paxil. (Ed Silverman, 4/15)
Stat: Medical Schools Can’t Yield To Political Pressure On Diversity, Patient Care
I could never forget this patient. I knew him well. I was in my second year of a grueling emergency medicine residency, and he came to the ER often. Each time, he was sent from an outpatient clinic with dangerously high blood pressure. And each time, we treated him and discharged him home. (Uche Blackstock, 4/15)
The CT Mirror: Dignity At Life’s End Should Be A Right In CT
Connecticut has been at the forefront of patient rights and access to health care, and of evidence- and compassion-based public policy․ And so today, as we again consider legislation to allow medical aid in dying, the question is simple and obvious: should terminally ill adults be permitted to leave this life peacefully and on their own terms, under strict safeguards? (Destiny Jones, 4/15)
