MedSun Newsletters September 2026

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A new agenda for health policy and systems (HPS) education: how high-resource universities can support health system transformation Meike Jill Schleiff, Dina Balabanova Volume 3, Issue 3

https://www.academia.edu/journals/academia-medicine-and-health/articles?source=journal-top-nav

The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health Prof Christopher J L Murray, DPhila,b,* Send email to cjlm@uw.edu ∙ Natalia Kanem, MDc,* ∙ Shameran Abed, Bar-at-Lawd ∙ Prof Ibrahim Abubakar, PhDe ∙ Ifedayo M Adetifa, PhDf,g,h ∙ Ximena P Aguilera, MDi ∙ et al.

The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health Prof Christopher J L Murray, DPhila,b,* Send email to cjlm@uw.edu ∙ Natalia Kanem, MDc,* ∙ Shameran Abed, Bar-at-Lawd ∙ Prof Ibrahim Abubakar, PhDe ∙ Ifedayo M Adetifa, PhDf,g,h ∙ Ximena P Aguilera, MDi ∙ et al. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01714-9/abstract?utm_campaign=conferencealerts&utm_medium=email&dgcid=hubspot_email_conferencealerts_whs26&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Rt6K4Zk6N1Z9OgDshn6UebBp35RiJHOdj7CBBMahqaH40QNtf1X8_T7saJ3UYbmhS7F8QBpwPRJ_qpIy7l1pQiLr8zg&_hsmi=443751182&utm_content=443751182&utm_source=hs_email

Lethal injection will never be the same after Christa Pike’s botched execution This may be the end of lethal injection as we know it

https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/christa-pike-botched-execution-bioethics-end-of-lethal-injection/ By M. Sara RosenthalOct. 13, 2026 Rosenthal is professor and founding director of the University of Kentucky Program for Bioethics and Oncology Ethics Program and chair of the UK HealthCare Ethics Committee.

The epidemic of learned helplessness in physicians Medical training teaches doctors a deference that seems to follow them throughout their careers

https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/doctors-learned-helplessness-chief-complaint-frances-mei-hardin/ By Frances Mei HardinOct. 13, 2026

Many patient, consumer reps on FDA advisory panels have ties to groups funded by pharma, analysis finds Findings highlight gap in conflict-of-interest policy that could be source of undue influence

https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/10/13/many-patient-and-consumer-reps-on-fda-advisory-committees-ties-to-groups-funded-by-pharma/ By Ed SilvermanOct. 13, 2026 Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer

Pharma’s free lunches for doctors boost inappropriate prescribing, analysis finds Findings are ‘problematic’ for a host of reasons and directly affect patient care, a study author says

https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/10/09/pharma-free-lunches-to-doctors-boost-inappropriate-prescribing/?utm_campaign=the_readout&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IwfP4bJ_Aa3emIRE531x9F8knZR9jNXdW6pt7KgFBcDVcCzjWeMn_1EMFZPoIL2sbB7SSISjaVaSXda4IgT_GRIGuXg&_hsmi=443884717&utm_content=443884717&utm_source=hs_email By Ed SilvermanOct. 9, 2026 Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer