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Viewpoints: GLP-1s Not Ready To Treat Addictions; AI Could Solve Antibiotic Resistance, If The Market Allows It

Opinion writers delve into these public health topics.

Weight loss drugs are the first class to show potential benefit for fighting addiction across multiple substance types simultaneously. (Ziyad Al-Aly, 3/4)

Few investors are willing to finance antibiotic R&D, especially the mid- to late stages of development where costs and risks soar. (Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez and Henry Skinner, 3/5)

This country’s declining pool of healthcare workers, particularly nurses, is a clear and present threat to the continued functionality of the U.S. healthcare system. (Marilyn Staff, RN, BSN, 3/5)

The Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act — PACTA — is critical to NJ patients who need access to infusion therapies. (Batsheva Weisz, 3/5)

For the first study, researchers mined decades of Medicare data from roughly 2,000 people who had been recruited in the late 1990s to participate in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) trial. (Lisa Jarvis, 3/5)

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