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First Opinion Owen Tripp

STAT Plus: A lesson from JPM: Too many digital front doors in health care lead to nowhere

First Opinion Vanessa Almendro

STAT Plus: Democratizing drug development will be a win for all

First Opinion Swati Gupta

Another Ebola outbreak, another missed opportunity for preparedness

First Opinion Jerome H. Kim

There are 4 gaps in global pandemic responses. The biggest is missing leadership

First Opinion Jeff Goldsmith

FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements could be a game changer for some physicians

First Opinion Nathan Vardi

Is the golden age of biotech stocks over?

First Opinion Enes Hosgor and Oguz Akin

STAT Plus: Four types of bias in medical AI are running under the FDA’s radar

Opinions+ Patricia Hurter

STAT Plus: Continuous manufacturing can help pharma companies save time, money, and more

First Opinion Kiltesh Patel

STAT Plus: Health record interoperability needs to include dental health records

First Opinion Jennifer W. Tsai and Hazar Khidir

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is no end-run around abortion bans

First Opinion Bonnielin Swenor, Lisa I. Iezzoni and Steven Barnett

NIH advances landmark recommendations on disability inclusion and anti-ableism

First Opinion Matthew Schabath and C.K. Wang

Better information on sexual orientation and gender identity is needed to improve LGBTQ+ health

First Opinion Peter J. Pitts

The Aduhelm Operetta: ‘I’ve got a little list’

First Opinion Patrick Skerrett

Most-read First Opinion essays of 2022

First Opinion Andrew Dreyfus

How value-based payments to clinicians can help close equity gaps

First Opinion Robert Gabbay

To effectively combat diabetes, policymakers must treat obesity like other diseases

First Opinion Jason Kletter

Allowing pharmacies to dispense methadone is dangerous for patients and communities

First Opinion Richard Marfuggi, Aparna Ahuja and Rick A. Bright

Lessons learned from the deadly combination of sepsis and Covid-19

First Opinion Amar Kelkar, Julie Kanter and Payal Desai

Specialized centers can help realign the U.S.’s moral compass for sickle cell disease

First Opinion Rhea Boyd, Bruce Lesley and Alexandra Quinn

Reducing the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases starts with kids

First Opinion Louis W. Sullivan and Caswell A. Evans

Lawmakers should act on the evidence and expand access to dental therapists

First Opinion Trisha S. Pasricha

The art of the ‘deceased note’: A physician grapples with documenting patients’ final moments

First Opinion Matthew Gibbs

STAT Plus: Fixing price instability can improve access to affordable prescription drugs

First Opinion Devan Hawkins

Paid sick leave is good for workers — and U.S. public health

First Opinion Tony Paquin and David Sanders

To protect the medical supply chain, ‘made in America’ will be key

First Opinion Ira Byock

Hospice care needs saving

First Opinion John Q. Young

Lessons from Ecuador on responding to the mental health crisis in the U.S. and around the world

First Opinion Audrey Provenzano

Primary care physicians try to give their all — until they can’t. It’s time to flip the archetype to teamwork

First Opinion Greg Rudolf

Responsibly expanding access to methadone for people with opioid use disorder will save lives