Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Antibiotic Underuse, Not Just Overuse, Is A Problem; How To Connect Beyond Therapy-Speak
Low- and middle-income countries are often portrayed as the worst offenders of antibiotic underuse, but a new study upends that narrative. (Peter Beyer, 8/18)
I’ve been listening to girls every day for years, and I’ve learned a few things that can help parents, therapists and anyone else who struggles to communicate with young women as they describe some form of distress. (Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell, 8/18)
Famed bioethicist Arthur Caplan offers eight suggestions to make surrogacy more ethical for everyone involved. (Arthur L. Caplan, 8/18)
Freezing eggs can expand a woman’s options. But it can’t give her control over the one thing she wants most: her reproductive future. (Marcela Garcia, 8/14)