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A panel led by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns of a global 'inequality emergency' driven by the transfer of over $70 trillion in wealth to heirs in the next decade, urging policy reforms and the creation of an International Panel on Inequality to address the widening gap between the rich and the rest.
Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams highlights the tragic shooting at the CDC as a wake-up call, emphasizing that escalating threats and violence against public health workers are fueled by misinformation, politicization, and inflammatory rhetoric. He calls for strong leadership, better protections for health workers, and increased funding for research and prevention to safeguard those on the front lines of public health.
Research published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health reveals that pediatric care for non-white children in the U.S. is universally worse, with children of color facing disparities in pain management, diagnostic imaging, surgical procedures, and wait times for care at the ER. The inequities are not attributed to lack of insurance and are rooted in structural racism, including unequal access to healthy housing and economic opportunities, policing disparities, and unconscious bias among health care providers. Policy recommendations to counteract these disparities include addressing social safety-net program eligibility and encouraging health care providers to check their own practices for biases.
The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has released a report containing nearly 150 policy recommendations to reset the economic and technological competition between the two countries. The report aims to reset the terms of the economic relationship, prevent the flow of American capital and technology supporting China's military advances and human rights abuses, and enhance economic resilience with allies. It suggests countering unfair trade practices, reducing reliance on imports from China, pursuing WTO disputes, and pursuing bilateral trade agreements. The report also calls for increased transparency in U.S. companies' exposure to China and recommends legislation banning investment in PRC companies on U.S. sanctions and red-flag lists. Additionally, it emphasizes the need to restrict the flow of critical and emerging technologies and expand the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) to screen inbound investments from China.
A study led by Michigan Medicine suggests that postpartum individuals are more likely to have medical debt compared to pregnant individuals. The research highlights the need for policies to reduce maternal-infant healthcare spending and improve birth equity. The study found that postpartum individuals in low-income neighborhoods had the highest likelihood of having medical debt. Factors contributing to this include healthcare costs for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and newborn care, as well as caregiving expenses and potential reductions in earnings after childbirth. The authors recommend efforts to reduce or eliminate out-of-pocket healthcare spending for essential peripartum services and assist individuals with the lowest capacity to handle high healthcare bills.