First Opinion By Michael Hochman, Michael Wang, and Katy Butler A new self-triage tool can help you decide if you need medical care for Covid-19
First Opinion By David Cameron and Murray Aitken ‘Patient friction coefficient’ can gauge the burden of participating in a clinical trial
Business By Allison Bond A ‘Shark Tank’-funded test for food sensitivity is medically dubious, experts say
First Opinion By Nathan Yates I have spinal muscular atrophy. Critics of the $2 million new gene therapy are missing the point
First Opinion By Shari Berman Let patients speak for themselves on the Biden task force and elsewhere
Exclusive By Erin Brodwin CommonHealth, the Android answer to Apple Health Records, expands to 230 health systems
Health By Priyanka Runwal ‘Already in short supply’: How climate change could chip away at sleep health
First Opinion By Jessica Stuart I was a ‘nonadherent’ patient. That’s made me a more empathetic doctor
First Opinion By Kacie Kidd and Gina Sequeira Laws to ban gender-affirming care could increase youth suicides, parents fear
Health By Alexander Spinelli ‘We have to deal with uncertainty’: FDA leaders explain how Covid-19 has upended cancer research and care
First Opinion By Orly Nadell Farber ‘The med student daughter is asking so many questions.’ I shouldn’t have needed to do that to help my dad
Health By Andrew Joseph Her father developed dementia. She made a documentary — a surreal, hilarious one — about the end of his life
Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin As insurers move this week to stop waiving telehealth copays, patients may have to pay more for virtual care
Health Tech By Erin Brodwin Remote monitoring is rapidly growing — and a new class of patient-consumer is driving the shift
Health Tech By Elizabeth Cooney As health tech flourished, Teladoc and Livongo saw an opportunity to ‘accelerate,’ executives say
First Opinion By Gunnar Esiason and Emma D'Agostino Health care conferences should embrace patients as collaborators
In the Lab By Meghana Keshavan Experimental drug for ALS, dreamed up in a dorm room, offers patients glimmer of hope
Pharmalot By Ed Silverman Employers are planning how to blunt the cost of gene therapies, pricey new specialty drugs
Pharmalot By Ed Silverman Pharmacists say they tell patients about physical changes to pills, but consumers say that isn’t always the case
First Opinion By Ted M. Burns, A. Gordon Smith, and Jason L. Crowell ‘How painful is the cost of your health care?’ The case for a new vital sign
First Opinion By Amy E. Wheeler My patients want the good old days of office visits. That’s not happening any time soon
Health Tech By Juliet Isselbacher As new users flock to health apps, experts raise questions about public understanding of data privacy
Health By Usha Lee McFarling Dermatology faces a reckoning: Lack of darker skin in textbooks and journals harms care for patients of color
Special Report By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin An invisible hand: Patients aren’t being told about the AI systems advising their care
First Opinion By Priscilla Velentgas and Karin de Haart Patient-reported data can help monitor the safety of fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines
Health By Alexander Spinelli How should hospitals respond to bias from patients? Experts offer a playbook