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While deaths from cancer are decreasing in the United States, the number of patients with newly diagnosed cancers continues to grow at an alarming rate. More than 2 million Americans are projected to receive a new diagnosis of cancer in 2024. Rates of cancers — including breast, prostate, uterine, pancreatic, liver, kidney, and skin — are growing, and some cancers — colon, cervical, and oral — are rising in younger adults. (David Ryan, Daphne Haas-Kogan, and Gerard Doherty, 9/5)

Vice President Kamala Harris would do well to take some counsel from economist John Maynard Keynes and apply it to her health care flip-flop. Done right, that could help her reassure Americans of her common sense — and put Donald Trump on the defensive on a vital issue. (Scot Lehigh, 9/5)

As the mom of three young adults, I am worried about their economic future — their ability to get jobs and afford homes. But I am equally concerned about their mental health and well-being. A 2022 national survey found that approximately half of young people ages 18-25 have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or both. (Mary Giliberti, 9/6)

Donald Trump last week promised universal, free access to in vitro fertilization treatments. But as always, pay more attention to what politicians do than to what they say. And his past presidential record suggests that a second Trump term would be unequivocally bad for access to fertility care. (Catherine Rampell, 9/5)

We have each worked on childhood vaccination programs in both development and humanitarian emergency settings for more than 40 years. In that time, we have seen a lot. The current situation in Gaza is as bad as it gets. (Robert Steinglass, Phillip Nieburg and Ron Waldman, 9/6)