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H5N1 bird flu is here. It’s moving from animals to people in ways not seen before. It’s spreading to new species and new places, and this spread is largely happening under the radar. (Maggie Fox, 10/30)

Open enrollment season for Medicare, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7, triggers a deluge of information about various options. Since I’m a health care consultant and researcher as well as a Medicare beneficiary, I’ve looked critically at what we’re told and what we’re not. Unfortunately, information crucial both for the individual and for the broader policy goal of moving toward a “value-based” care system is often difficult to find or not available at all. (Michael L. Millenson, 10/31)

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to “Make America Healthy Again” gets some things right: Our country is beset by chronic disease, environmental risks, and dangerous and inappropriate corporate influence on health decisions. But to make America healthier, we need an accurate diagnosis and an effective prescription. (Tom Frieden, 10/31)

For decades, the healthcare industry has been talking about the need to transition away from the traditional fee-for-service reimbursement model, which pays doctors for every piece of care they provide, rather than the quality, value or outcome of that care. (Dr. Bruce Meyer, 10/31)

Nearly 50 years ago, I wrote a published letter objecting to the release of Gerald Ford’s full physical, including genitalia and rectal exam. I thought that was unseemly, and that expecting that level of disclosure would make it harder for women — and for a man with some irrelevant abnormality — to run for office. But I expected continuing disclosure of conditions that actually affected job performance or survival. (Joanne Lynn, 10/30)