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In this Viewpoint, Hodge and Gostin summarize the most important 2017 updates to the US Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects.

This Viewpoint discusses the evolution of the Hyde Amendment, which in 1976 prohibited use of medical funds to pay for abortion except when the mother’s life is endangered, and efforts since then to nullify the amendment or codify it as a federal statute.

This Viewpoint discusses the rationale for partnerships between law enforcement and public health agencies and suggests strategies to form such partnerships to prevent and respond to violence.

This Viewpoint proposes that standards for interpretation of genetic variants be expanded to include protective as well as pathogenic variants and stresses the importance of considering protective variants for assessing disease risk and guiding clinical decision making.

This Viewpoint discusses ways to improve adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which comprises foods rich in protein and fiber, limits foods high in saturated fat and sugar, and was shown in 1997 to lower blood pressure in patients with hypertension and prehypertension.