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Viewpoints: US Cuts Gave Ebola Outbreak A Head Start; Price Controls Risk Drug Innovation

Opinion writers take on these public health topics.

A rapidly unfolding Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a reminder of the value of maintaining robust global disease surveillance and response systems — and the dire consequences of weakening them. (Lisa Jarvis, 5/19)

Proponents of price controls are wagering that savings on medicines will outweigh the lost benefits. The opposite is true. (Tomas J. Philipson, 5/20)

In recent years, people are increasingly blaming perimenopause for a constellation of symptoms: weight gain, hair loss, brain fog. But does the evidence support this point of view? (Torie Bosch, 5/20)

Banning tobacco sales to people born after a certain date is the most compassionate, strategic approach. (Henry L. Dorkin and Katharine Silbaugh, 5/19)

The Trump administration’s obsession with America’s fertility rate is racist, delusional, and misogynistic. (Renee Graham, 5/17)

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