Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: How Worried Should We Be About New Variants?; US Needs More Sports To Help With Anxiety
Get ready: Another covid wave is on the horizon because of a new immunity-evading subvariant, BQ.1, and its offshoots. (10/25)
On October 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended all children ages eight and up be screened for anxiety, even if they have no symptoms. (Kenneth Schrupp, 10/26)
Stroke is a major cause of disability in the United States, where more than 795,000 people will experience one each year. It would behoove our society to better understand strokes, including how someone can be slow to recover certain abilities and yet remain cognitively intact. (Jill Bolte Taylor, 10/25)
I have aphasia. Aphasia, which results from damage to parts of the brain that control speech, became famous for 15 minutes this spring when news broke that actor Bruce Willis had been diagnosed with it. (Judith Hannah Weiss, 10/25)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women in the U.S. and the second leading cause of death from cancer among women after lung cancer. Black women are less likely, 57%-60%, to be diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. (Joseph Webb, 10/25)
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched nationwide July 16; the new three-digit number is the next-generation, memory-friendly version of the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which has operated since 2005. (10/25)
Innovation is the backbone of the American economy and the key to our future. American-bred life science and technology has helped solve many of our nation’s most complex health care problems and improve our daily lives.  (Abby Trotter, 10/25)
