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Viewpoints: Politicians Rightly Oppose Trump's NIH Grantmaking Grab; Amid Shortage, California Stalls Hundreds Of Nurses

Editorial writers tackle these public health issues.

Congress has already rebuked the president on this issue multiple times. (9/23)

Over 400 trained graduates have been formally notified their applications are on hold. (Mikhail Shneyder, 9/21)

When I was in kindergarten in 1961, I survived a near-fatal case of measles. One of my siblings caught it, then another, and then me. They recovered quickly, but my clearest memory of that period is my father carrying me to our station wagon and rushing me to the hospital. I stayed for a month, part of it in a coma, my blood pressure dangerously unstable. (Jewel Mullen, 9/24)

Earlier this month, Novartis released the top-line results of Lp(a) HORIZON, its highly anticipated Phase 3 trial of pelacarsen. Pelacarsen held promise as potentially the first approved therapeutic targeting lipoprotein(a), a genetically determined cholesterol particle strongly associated with heart attack and stroke risk. (Vishal Khetpal, 9/24)

Restricting food aid is a cynical tactic by elite lawmakers to keep vulnerable citizens divided. (LZ Granderson, 9/18)

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