Dancing through the pain, ARPA-H and risk, sickle cell, and more

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By Torie Bosch Editor, First Opinion

While editing Tara Rynders' beautiful First Opinion essay on running dance workshops to help nurses heal from trauma, I just kept thinking about a quote from "30 Rock": "I'm so mad, all I can do is dance." It's a line played for laughs, but as Rynders' piece notes, there's more than a little truth to it: "We were scared, angry, raw, and vulnerable. Dancing together allowed us to share these truths about what it was like to be putting ourselves at risk when the rest of the world was on lockdown," she writes. Also in First Opinion this week: ARPA-H and risk-taking, hepatitis C and the deficit, sickle cell cure access, and much more. Got an idea for First Opinion? How about some thoughts on it? Email me: first.opinion@statnews.com.

Courtesy Adam Bove Health care systems must stop exploiting nurses' tender hearts and begin supporting them I started dance workshops to help nurses like me feel their emotions. Health care systems should take note. By Tara Rynders How ARPA-H can master the subtle art of risk-taking ARPA-H has the potential to transform health, ultimately shaping a brighter and more equitable future for all — if it takes the right risks. By Janika Schmitt and Jacob Swett and Jassi Pannu Congress can eradicate hepatitis C and reduce the deficit at the same time It is possible to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat in the U.S. while saving the government billions of dollars. By Neeraj Sood and Jagpreet Chhatwal Jonathan Armstrong/Wellcome Sickle cell cures are coming. African children can't be left behind Rolling out a new generation of sickle cell cures without a strategy to get them to those with the greatest need is not acceptable. By Jayasree K. Iyer Listen: One Duchenne patient's bittersweet hope for new treatment "For the older boys, we're running up against the clock a little bit with what we're able to do," says Hawken Miller, who has Duchenne. By Torie Bosch Right-wing politicians are stoking renewed moral panic about HIV Lawmakers and judges may undo recent progress in HIV by cashing in on renewed moral panic and limiting access to PrEP. By Meredithe McNamara Adobe What does it mean to be 'in recovery'? We need a better federal definition The Office of National Drug Control Policy's 2022 National Drug Control Strategy uses the word "recovery" 314 times. But what does it mean? By Mitchell Berger A bipartisan opportunity to strengthen America's pandemic security Former Sen. Richard Burr and former CDC Director Julie Gerberding how to make the PAHPA legislation possible in a divided Congress. By Richard Burr and Julie L. Gerberding

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