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This week’s mass taking pictures of elementary schoolers in Texas (simply 10 days after a racially motivated mass taking pictures at a Buffalo, New York, grocery retailer) has reignited the gun debate in Washington, D.C., and across the nation. However the political disagreements over weapons and their acceptable position in American society are as insoluble as ever.
In the meantime, Oklahoma turns into the primary state to attempt to ban all abortions, because the nation awaits the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling in a case it’s anticipated to make use of to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade choice.
And on Capitol Hill, lawmakers criticize the FDA for its dealing with of the toddler system scarcity, rekindling a debate over whether or not meals needs to be regulated by a separate company.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KHN, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Faculty of Public Well being and Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg Information, and Rachana Pradhan of KHN.
Among the many takeaways from this week’s episode:
- Though a lot of the nation has been riveted by the Could 24 taking pictures in Uvalde, Texas, hundreds of Individuals are killed every year in gun violence that doesn’t make headlines. Greater than half of these deaths are suicides and plenty of others outcome from remoted shootings.
- Regardless of an epidemic of gun violence, the regulation of weapons within the U.S. has declined up to now couple of many years. Not solely did the federal assault weapons ban expire, however many states have moved to make weapons simpler to buy and personal.
- For the reason that Columbine Excessive Faculty taking pictures in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999, a whole era has come of age with the prospect of violence hitting their colleges. The oldest of these individuals are sending their very own youngsters to colleges the place taking pictures drills are a truth of life.
- Texas officers have stated that the Uvalde taking pictures demonstrates a necessity for extra safety in colleges however that including metallic detectors and extra guards don’t essentially make youngsters really feel protected, particularly in communities the place they could have purpose to concern the police, too.
- In a congressional listening to this week, lawmakers blasted the FDA for its gradual response to reviews that an Abbott toddler system plant in Michigan had excessive contamination issues and its dealing with of the aftermath when that plant closed and system grew to become scarce. The problem factors up difficulties on the FDA when it was making an attempt to cope with the covid pandemic and was additionally with out a everlasting chief. The Biden administration was gradual to appoint anybody to move the company; Dr. Robert Califf didn’t take the helm till earlier this 12 months.
- The toddler system issues have renewed a debate about whether or not meals security needs to be positioned below the purview of a brand new, separate company for the reason that FDA is so busy dealing with drug and medical gadget points.
- A report out this week from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention finds that 1 in 5 adults who get covid will develop longer-term issues that may embrace neurological points and a few organ issues. The research of lengthy covid, nevertheless, has left many questions unanswered, together with whether or not vaccination reduces the variety of instances and the way lengthy the issues final.
- The excessive variety of long-covid instances recognized within the report means that there could possibly be a big improve within the inhabitants of individuals needing incapacity providers.
- Because the nation awaits a choice by the Supreme Courtroom on the way forward for entry to abortion providers assured by its 1973 Roe v. Wade choice, states proceed to enact restrictive legal guidelines. Oklahoma’s governor this week signed a legislation that bans abortion from the time of fertilization. Some firms have pledged to assist staff journey to get abortion providers, however which will run afoul of states’ efforts. Texas lawmakers say they wish to cease companies from offering that profit.
Additionally this week, Rovner interviews Dr. Richard Baron, president and CEO of the American Board of Inside Medication. Baron co-authored a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine about how the medical neighborhood ought to cope with docs who unfold medical misinformation on social media.
Plus, for further credit score, the panelists advocate their favourite well being coverage tales of the week they assume you must learn, too:
Julie Rovner: “Strangerville” podcast’s “Episode 203: Jacob,” by Jessica and Justin Van Wyen
Joanne Kenen: NBC Information’ podcast “Needle In/Tiffany Dover Is Dead*” by Brandy Zadrozny
Anna Edney: ProPublica’s “The Plot to Keep Meatpacking Plants Open During COVID-19,” by Michael Grabell
Rachana Pradhan: The Washington Put up’s “We’re Ignoring a Major Culprit Behind the Teen Mental Health Crisis,” by Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright
Additionally mentioned on this week’s podcast:
Vox.com’s “The School Shooting Generation Grows Up,” by Marin Cogan
Stat’s “Viruses That Were on Hiatus During Covid Are Back — And Behaving in Unexpected Ways,” by Helen Branswell
The New York Occasions’ “More Than 1 in 5 Adult Covid Survivors in the U.S. May Develop Long Covid, a C.D.C. Study Suggests,” by Pam Belluck
The Texas Tribune’s “Businesses That Help Employees Get Abortions Could Be Next Target of Texas Lawmakers if Roe v Wade Is Overturned,” by Zach Despart
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