Friday Links

“Routine childhood immunizations in the United States from 1994–2023 are estimated to have prevented around 508 million cases of illness, 32 million hospitalizations, and more than 1 million deaths.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks to replace the members of the vaccine advisory panel include vaccine skeptics.

Estimate: Across all causes of health care spending and disease burden, median spending was $114,339 per disability adjusted life year (DALY) averted between 1996 and 2016.

By 2028, the U.S. is projected to face a shortage of more than 73,000 nurse assistants (NAs) and 63,000 registered nurses (RNs) by 2030. Can AI relieve that?

America’s hospital system is conspicuously missing from the “waste, fraud, and abuse” targets of DOGE and the  House Republicans.

Democrats used to support work requirements for  welfare benefits.