Volume 404, Issue 10469
7 December 2024 
WORLD REPORT A physician and nurse shortage hinders access to care but efforts to educate, recruit, and retain more providers may be threatened. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
The uninsured rate in the United States is at an historic low. But a shortage of health-care providers means even people who can afford to go to the doctor might not be able to find one.[Full story here, from The Lancet’s special issue, “A Presidential Briefing Book.”]