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This Viewpoint reviews how the recent US Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action affects extant medical school admission policies seeking to enhance diversity of the national medical student body and its derivative national health care workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Viewpoint lists the top 3 pediatric drugs and product shortages, considers the federal government's and manufacturers' ethical duty to protect children, reviews the causes for the shortages, and suggests policy changes that could help fill in the gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the challenges of building a diverse health care workforce following the US Supreme Court decision against affirmative action. Topics include the impact of the UC Davis Scale on applicants, the advantages and disadvantages related to family income in the medical school admission process, and the broader goal of decreasing health disparities through a more equitable physician selection process.

This Viewpoint argues that the development of a distinctly improved generation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is paramount to offering a greater breadth and depth of protection for a longer duration against COVID-19 disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Viewpoint discusses the growing role of medical students in shaping their own education and outlines the measures needed to ensure that medical student–directed learning remains aligned with the educational aims of the medical discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses various aspects of for-profit medical schools in America as of 2017, and it mentions the accreditation history of these institutions, as well as the potential contributions that for-profit schools might make to medical education in the U.S. The 1910 "Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching" by A. Flexner is examined, along with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).