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The Ebola crisis in Africa will spin out of control without a significant shift in the international response. More people will get infected, and 30 to 50 percent of those who contract the virus will die. Frontline aid workers, mostly Congolese, are risking their lives to stem the crisis, but they lack resources and are overwhelmed by the rising tide of cases. (Former United Nations undersecretary general Anthony Banbury, 6/4)

A new report estimates that 6 million people are improperly enrolled in health coverage through the Affordable Care Act, costing taxpayers $25 billion annually. The scale of the fraud might seem implausible, but the evidence supporting it is compelling. Rampant fraud undermines public confidence in the safety net. Mehmet Oz, the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has worked hard to clean up the mess. Anyone who wants to safeguard the ACA would be wise to celebrate efforts to make sure its benefits are awarded properly. (6/5)

My father used to say the costliest mistake at the table is walking away from a game that isn’t over because you’re tired of losing. So, we keep watching the board, we keep following the schedule we have, the one that has prevented more than a million deaths since 1994, and we wait to see what this move sets up. (Jess Steier, 6/3)

A speedier-than-expected approval in the first-line setting would benefit more patients. Sales of the drug would grow faster, boosting Revolution and its valuation. It could also impact the way competing drugs for pancreatic cancer, including other RAS inhibitors, are developed. (Adam Feuerstein, 6/4)

The longevity movement is often associated with people that have enough money for a thousand lifetimes — and want to live long enough to spend it all. When my STAT colleague Sarah Todd recently attended the longevity festival known as Vitalist Bay, however, she discovered that the movement isn’t all wealthy Silicon Valley tech bros. (Alex Hogan, 6/4)