Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Healthcare Policy Change Required To End Pediatric Care Crisis; Rising Disability Claims Threaten Access For Those Most In Need
In the winter of 2022, two parents carried their sick, coughing baby boy into an emergency room deep in California鈥檚 Sierra Nevada mountains. The small rural hospital had no pediatric specialists, no pediatric nurses, and no children鈥檚 intensive care unit. But it was hours closer than any hospital that did. (Jonathan E. Kohler and Mary A. King, 10/27)
Enough with the TikTokers demanding accommodation for their 鈥榥eurodivergence.鈥� They鈥檝e built a culture that鈥檚 hurting those most in need. (Freddie deBoer, 10/27)
Washington is proposing to subject Chinese pharmaceutical companies to the same national security restrictions already imposed on industries such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence. (Juliana Liu, 10/26)
At the annual European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, a new report brought forward yet another monumental moment in cancer science: A Phase 3 study showed that the 鈥渃ancer vaccine鈥� intismeran autogene reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 42% compared with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alone. This is the first neoantigen and mRNA therapy to have met its Phase 3 endpoint in oncology and is part of a collection of well-conducted studies showing promise for cancer therapeutic vaccines. (Karen E. Knudsen and Othman Laraki, 10/27)
A new study shows the benefits of vigorous walking for older adults. (Leana S. Wen, 10/27)