HJBR Nov/Dec 2024

+ %5 November / December 2024 I Vol. 17, No. 6 Contents DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................ 41 Hospital Rounds ................................................. 63 Ad Index .................................................................... 66 CORRESPONDENTS Medicaid .................................................................... 50 Children’s Health ................................................. 54 Nursing ....................................................................... 56 Surgery ....................................................................... 58 Oncology ................................................................... 60 FEATURES The Prompt: The Politicization of COVID May Be the Most Dangerous Variant Yet ........ 8 Philip Gatto The Antiphony: A Physician’s Response to Testimony at the Louisiana House COVID Response Inquiry ............................................................ 26 Dianne Marie Normand Hartley Chief Editor Walking Into the Anti-Vax Echo Chamber with Louisiana Rep. Jay Gallé ............................... 36 Dianne Marie Normand Hartley Chief Editor 8 36