Viewpoints: Entering Advanced Nursing Careers Just Got Harder; The Truth About Youth Gender Care
Opinion writers tackle these public health topics.
An 鈥80s-inspired student loan tweak will make it harder to enter advanced nursing roles. (Kymberlee Montgomery and Mary Ellen Glasgow, 2/23)
鈥淭rust the science鈥? Which science? (Jesse Singal, 2/24)
Health care and public health practice in the United States faced a serious problem when the U.S. Public Health Service established the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 1984. We should know. We were there. (Robert S. Lawrence, MD, and Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, 2/24)
People are exposed to far more aluminum from food and drink than from vaccines. (Leana S. Wen, 2/24)
America鈥檚 health system is buckling under the weight of several converging pressures: an aging population, high rates of chronic disease, a shortage of clinicians, and rising costs. The response to these challenges will determine the future of care in this country 鈥 and new evidence suggests the solution is rooted in how we deliver and pay for care. (Ken Cohen, 2/24)
