First Opinion

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Free medical tuition alone isn’t enough to close gaps in primary care

First Opinion Robin Feldman

Cutting-edge insulin is good. But it’s the ‘trailing edge’ of older versions that can keep it affordable

First Opinion Nancy Lu, Sumita Strander, and Francis X. Shen

Health care needs a new profession: neuroimaging counseling

First Opinion Brian Hurley and Paul N. Samuels

Congress: Close Medicare’s dangerous gaps in coverage for addiction treatment

First Opinion Phyllis Arthur

A dose of reality on adult vaccinations

First Opinion Patrick Skerrett

First Opinion essay on colorectal cancer screening: letter and response

First Opinion Karen B. Lasater and K. Jane Muir

What nurses really want: sufficient staffing for patient care

First Opinion Ashley Ward and Jordan Clark

When heat threatens, use the wet bulb globe temperature to keep workers safe

First Opinion Kimia Heydari and Romila Santra

Caring for young caregivers, a hidden population

First Opinion Sara Gorman, Scott C. Ratzan, and Kenneth H. Rabin

H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?

First Opinion Ken McEldowney

Making the promise of monoclonal antibody therapies available to all

First Opinion Kevin M. Esvelt

It shouldn’t be easy to buy synthetic DNA fragments to recreate the 1918 flu virus

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

Listen: Why rehabilitation engineers need to listen to patients and their families

First Opinion Shweta Bansal and Colleen Webb

As livestock move around the country, so does H5N1. The U.S. needs real-time tracking of livestock movements

First Opinion Emmi S. Herman

Measles is coming back. My sister Marcie isn’t

First Opinion Jason Shafrin, Louis Garrison, and Melanie D. Whittington

The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

First Opinion Laurie Whitsel, John Hernandez, and Candice Taguibao

Digital devices can help clinicians prescribe physical activity

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to funding academic medical centers, the ‘residency research arms race,’ and more

First Opinion Deepak Sirdeshmukh

Virtual first is flaming out. A virtual-second model can refresh telehealth

First Opinion Adam Rodman and Arjun K. Manrai

An AI-based second opinion service could improve clinical decision-making today

First Opinion Kay Redfield Jamison

People like me with bipolar disorder must help shape research and clinical care

First Opinion Barron H. Lerner

Why isn’t there agreement on when women need to start getting mammograms?

First Opinion Martha Gershun and Rosa DeLauro

The U.S. needs a reliable supply of baby formula. A new bill in Congress can help

First Opinion Katherine Gergen Barnett and Lara F. Terry

Instead of adding quality metrics, harness fewer high-quality ones to improve outcomes and reduce provider burden

First Opinion Denis Nash, John Dennehy, Monica Trujillo, and Leopolda Silvera

From sewage to safety: Hospital wastewater surveillance as a beacon for defense against H5N1 bird flu

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

Listen: How a new death penalty method undermines physician authority

First Opinion Michael J. Alkire

Unnecessary insurance claim denials compromise patient care and provider bottom lines

First Opinion Simone Ledward-Boseman

Colorectal cancer is increasing among young people. It’s time to boost research on it

First Opinion Blythe Adamson

Creating the next wave of antibody therapies requires innovative collaboration