patients

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 Erin Brodwin

In another health bet, Amazon expands virtual care program for employees

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

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

Health By Natalya Ortolano

How do you separate scientifically sound stem cell therapies from scams?

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 Tech By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin

STAT+ Conversations: AI’s march into the clinic

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

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

‘We have a job to do’: Cancer patients and their doctors carry on with clinical trials during Covid-19

First Opinion By Bonnielin Swenor

Dearth of disability-related Covid-19 data can confound response efforts

On the Front Lines By Eric Boodman

How a family’s frantic search for remdesivir — and a 330-mile road trip — reshaped Tennessee’s Covid-19 response

Health Tech By Casey Ross

AI startup transcribes and annotates doctor visits for patients

First Opinion By Elsa Pearson

Lead aprons offer little protection during X-rays. Why do so many clinicians keep using them?

First Opinion By Reshma Gupta

Collateral damage occurs when doctors and patients wear ‘Covid-19 blinders’