Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Public Perception Of Ebola Is Often Skewed; Supreme Court's Monsanto Ruling Is A Pragmatic One
When news breaks of an Ebola case almost anywhere in the world, the public reaction is remarkably predictable. Headlines become urgent. Social media fills with anxiety. Questions arise about whether this is the beginning of another global crisis. More than 30 years after its publication, much of that reaction can be traced to a single book. (Krutika Kuppalli, 6/26)
In a 7-2 decision (really more like 6-2-1), a cross-ideological majority of justices ruled for Monsanto. Durnell had successfully sued Monsanto in Missouri state court for not labeling its pesticide as carcinogenic. (6/25)
The FBI’s background check database should include more drug addicts. (Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars, 6/25)
The loss in one ear is permanent, and I have ongoing tinnitus as a side effect of a widely misdiagnosed condition. (Alison Karlene Hodgins, 6/25)
When Joe Fraumeni was a pre-med student in the 1950s, he accompanied a group that visited Massachusetts General Hospital to sit in an amphitheater and watch a patient being cut open for an abdominal operation. As he told me many years later, Joe got so queasy from the sight that he had to walk out and decided not to become a surgeon. How fortunate we were that he didn’t. (Lawrence Ingrassia, 6/26)
