Perspectives

Rachel Sachs breaks down a final rule from CMS establishing the framework for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and evaluates how the Trump administration’s broader drug pricing policy efforts are shaping up in 2026.

In the latest episode of the “Ideas Matter” podcast, WashU’s Sandro Galea leads a discussion about activism’s role in bringing about positive change in health outcomes and more.

The risk of NAION with GLP-1 drugs is likely real. All the evidence – the FDA’s two analyses, the real-world studies conducted by independent researchers and the fact that two regulators reached the same view independently – points in the same direction. But in terms of the total number of people who are likely to experience this side effect, the risk is small, writes Ziyad Al-Aly.

In short, the mid-decade redistricting exacerbated by Callais backfired in the 2026 midterm elections but that does not take away from Callais’s doctrinal damage or its potential consequences in the mid-to-long term, writes Travis Crum.

Lan Yang, professor at Washington University in St. Louis and co-founder of DeepSight Technology, shares her experience of pursuing meaningful results in different ways.

Whether in the laboratory, classroom or community, the ability to bring people together around a shared purpose is a skill that can amplify your impact long after the conversation ends, writes Nicoletta Memos.

Menopause offers an opportunity to ask about the skeleton while a person still feels well. The answer may involve a risk assessment, suitable activity, nutritional changes or medical treatment. A bone health conversation can begin long before a fracture starts it, writes Priya Bhardwaj.

Thinking back to my own childhood, I can pinpoint how my academic interests were fostered through museums, whether gazing up at galaxies at the Hayden Planetarium or sleeping under the belly of the blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life, writes graduate student Lili Mei Granda Argianas.

While affordability pressures are hitting Americans in many facets of their lives, from groceries to gas prices to housing costs, one important expense often gets less attention – childcare, writes Caitlyn Collins.

I still cherish the tactile quality of scribbling and scrawling my way through a lecture—the slow reveal of important concepts, the ease of annotating images, even the pen-stained hands, writes Eric Fournier.