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The Lancet
- [Comment] A public health framework for carceral health
The USA incarcerates 614 people per 100 000—the fourth highest rate worldwide—at a cost of more than US$182 billion per year.1,2 An estimated 5·5 million people were under the supervision of US adult … - [Comment] US health at home and abroad
Often framed as a product of hard security interests, soft power humanitarian concern, and geopolitical calculation, US global health engagement can seem divorced from health concerns within the natio … - [Comment] Addressing the unmet need: US leadership on climate and health
The climate crisis has generated a concomitant health crisis that is making us sicker, both in the USA and across the globe. Air pollution is responsible for more than 8 million deaths each year globa … - [Comment] PEPFAR's mission
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest global health investment ever by any country to address a single disease, faces a crucial inflection point. Before PEPFAR w … - [Comment] Moving from indifference to reparative action: a public health approach to racial health inequities in life expectancy in cities in the USA
The possibility of racial equity in life expectancy has always existed, but there is no time since the founding of the USA that it has been achieved.1 Racial inequity in life expectancy remains stark, …
New England Journal of Medicine
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BMJ
- Sudan has spiralled into a humanitarian catastrophe, but the International Rescue Committee is helping to restore hope in communities
As the country director for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Sudan, I have witnessed firsthand the devastating impact of a conflict that has torn our nation apart for more than 18 months. I … - Overcoming gender gaps in health leadership
International data show a concerning increase in regressive attitudes towards women leaders, especially among young men. This has grave implications for health globally at a time of economic, social, … - Progressive breathlessness in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1
This woman in her early 50s with a background of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) presented with a seven year history of gradually progressive shortness of breath. In patients with NF1, the differential … - Demedicalising dying: medicine must accept death as a natural part of life
Over the course of the 19th century, across North America and Europe, death slowly migrated from the home to the hospital and came to be viewed as a medical event, and no longer primarily a religious … - Simplify safety advice, report warns as harms rise in NHS in England
Patient safety specialists have called for a more streamlined approach to reducing harms in the NHS in England after an analysis found that several key indicators had worsened in the past two years.1A …
JAMA
- Translational Science Reviews—A New JAMA Review
Recent discoveries in basic research have major implications for improving diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. For example, scientists recently identified the molecular cause of a T-cell phenot … - Understanding Drug Supply Shortages in the US and Canada
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines drugs as in shortage when the total supply of all versions of a commercially available product cannot meet the current demand. Drug shortages are incr … - Illness and Ekphrastic Poetry
Ekphrasis is the vivid description of a work of art (or the practice of an art form) using language, frequently poetry. Perhaps the best known ekphrastic poem in English is “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by J … - Intratracheal Budesonide Mixed With Surfactant for Extremely Preterm Infants
This randomized trial assesses the effect of intratracheal budesonide mixed with surfactant on survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants. - Selective vs Standard Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis Protocol
To the Editor A recent study found that a more selective risk stratification scheme for enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis reduced the incidence of postpartum wound hematoma without increasing the risk of …
