Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., will become Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly on October 1, 2013, succeeding Bradford H. Gray, Ph.D., Editor since 2000.
The Commonwealth Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. (Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this article.)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a $100 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, bolstering fellow philanthropist Bill Gates' support of GPEI.