Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Medical System Deserts Women After Birth; What Covid Taught Us About Traveling And The Spread Of Disease
The New York Times: Nine Months Of Medical Attention. Then Almost Nothing.
One year after my daughter’s birth, I’m still experiencing health complications. (Sejal Hathi, 5/25)
The Conversation: Planes, Trains And Pandemics: Lessons From COVID-19 About Travel Risks Posed By Hantavirus And Ebola
Both outbreaks underscore how human mobility can play a critical role in the spread of deadly diseases, including pathogens with pandemic potential. As researchers on the Pandemics and Borders Project, we have spent the past six years studying the use of international travel measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other global public health emergencies. Lessons from COVID-19 on the effective use of international travel measures in managing serious infectious disease outbreaks are critical to ongoing pandemic readiness. (Julianne Piper, Kelley Lee and Miranda Nonis, 5/26)
The Washington Post: Abdul El-Sayed's Medicare-For-All Plan Looks Nothing Like Medicare
Even with premiums, co-pays and deductibles, the federal government cannot afford Medicare-for-some. (5/26)
Stat: Big Tobacco Has An Ally In The Trump Administration
When I was 14 years old, I lost my father to lung cancer. He was 53 and smoked two packs of Camels a day. I have made it a priority during my time in Congress to champion policies that help spare others from this tragedy. (Dick Durban, 5/27)
Stat: The Ivory Tower Era Of Science Is Over
A few years ago, my lab published a study comparing memory complaints across racial groups. We matched participants on age, IQ, socioeconomic status, depression, genetics — everything we’d been trained to match on. We ran them through the most sophisticated statistical machinery I knew. And we got a finding that felt righteous: proof that the assessments were biased. I was proud of it. My name was first author. (Jonathan Jackson, 5/27)
