Category: Health Policy

  • Bridging the Gap: Addressing Challenges in Pediatric Medical Device Innovation 

    Bridging the Gap: Addressing Challenges in Pediatric Medical Device Innovation 

    Alexander Steele ’28 Medical devices play a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease in children, but the development, testing, and approval of pediatric devices lags behind that of adult technology. Despite the reality that delivery rooms and neonatal intensive care units are technology-heavy care settings, the Food and Drug Administration’s 2017 report…

  • Low HPV Vaccination Rates Put Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk

    Low HPV Vaccination Rates Put Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk

    By Dabie Isiofia ’28 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) remains the predominant sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States, with 13 million diagnoses in 2023 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2024a, p. 1). Despite the introduction of an HPV vaccine with a 90% effectiveness rate in 2006, HPV persists as the most common STI…

  • The Debate Surrounding Expanded Access to Naloxone

    The Debate Surrounding Expanded Access to Naloxone

    Naloxone has long been touted as a safe and effective means of reversing the effects of an opioid overdose. However, controversy remains surrounding efforts to expand public and bystander access to the medication.