First Opinion Archives

First Opinion Sallie Permar and Jay K. Varma

Polio in New York: A call to action for U.S. pediatricians and public health to work together

First Opinion David Stein

Monkeypox public health response is lagging for LGBTQ+ community

First Opinion Andrew Wickline

Surgeons fold against Medicare’s stacked deck

First Opinion Sonia M. Suter and Laura Hercher

Dobbs decision is a huge setback for genetic counseling and the people who need it

First Opinion Michael B. Farber and Anand Shah

The FDA is at a crossroads for reducing tobacco-related disease and death

First Opinion Shiza Abbasi and Carrie B. Dolan

To improve children’s health in low-income countries, put pediatric surgery on par with preventing malaria or HIV

First Opinion Chad Childers

Nazi-tainted Pernkopf’s Atlas: A case for acknowledgement, not removal

Opinions+ Preston Toole

How machine learning and automation can solve biomanufacturing scale-up challenges

First Opinion Susannah Baruch

The Biden-Harris administration needs to end fake abortion clinics

First Opinion Utibe R. Essien

The Inflation Reduction Act: One step closer to pharmacoequity?

First Opinion Amanda McClelland

Investing in health workers can help close the vaccination gap — and improve global health

First Opinion Ryan Prior and Kimberly Knackstedt

Biden’s long Covid plan is a good start. But it needs to go further

First Opinion Pamela Feliciano

Genetic research provides new clarity about the ‘whys’ of autism

First Opinion Blair L. Sadler and Alfred M. Sadler, Jr.

Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Major reform is needed

First Opinion Ofole Mgbako

History doesn’t have to repeat itself with stigma and monkeypox

First Opinion Antonio Dajer, Christie Lech and Lucy Willis

Medical error: An epidemic compounded by gag laws

Opinions+ Justin Norden

Clinical validation will save digital health’s reputation

First Opinion William G. Woods

As a pediatric cancer researcher, I admired the FDA. Then I got ALS

First Opinion Ned Calonge, Jane Hoppin and Alex R. Kemper

Report: More people should be tested for potential exposure to ‘forever chemicals’

First Opinion Holly Fernandez Lynch, Steven Joffe and Emily A. Largent

‘Is an abortion medically necessary?’ is not a question for ethicists to answer

First Opinion Krista Drobac

Medicare cuts would undermine the movement to increasing in-home care

First Opinion Michael Pollack

Psychedelics researchers and investors should focus on delivering therapy, not drugs

First Opinion Caitlin Rivers and Tom Inglesby

FDA needs to fully review ACAM2000 before allowing its widespread use as a monkeypox vaccine

First Opinion Mark S. Bauer

Why don’t they just do what the evidence says? The challenge and promise of implementation science

First Opinion Mandeep Dhaliwal

Decriminalizing HIV: Scientifically proven and morally correct

First Opinion Robert B. Darnell

PCR testing can help clarify confusion over Covid-19 rebound and isolation

First Opinion Elenee Argentinis

Real-world data can help expedite drug approvals for serious diseases with few options

First Opinion Klaudia Jaźwińska

Implant recipients shouldn’t be left in the dark when a device maker cuts off support

First Opinion Philip Krause and Luciana L. Borio

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