First Opinion

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Among pregnant people, active treatment for addiction shouldn’t trigger a call to child protective services

First Opinion Linda Richter, Robyn Oster, and Lindsey Vuolo

As states legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, they must prioritize protecting kids

First Opinion Carolyn Clevenger

Outdated Medicare rules prevent some dementia patients from getting the medications they need

First Opinion Henry Skinner

Antibiotic innovation is ailing. ‘Brain drain’ may kill it

First Opinion Kasley Killam

Shifting the focus from loneliness to social health

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to essays on young caregivers, digital health, and more

First Opinion Vanessa Kerry

The Pandemic Treaty will succeed only with investment to build strong health systems

First Opinion Arthur Robin Williams and Judith Cole

Mothers in treatment for opioid use disorder shouldn’t also have to fight child protective services

First Opinion Jacob D. Moses and Allan M. Brandt

Stigma and the return of syphilis

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: What happens when kids become caregivers?

First Opinion Suzanne LeBlang

The uphill battle to provide noninvasive treatment for fibroids

First Opinion Nadir Al-Saidi

Saving rural psychiatry services will require higher Medicaid payments

First Opinion Zina Jawadi, Stephen McInturff, and Alexander Chern

Achieving telehealth equity for people with hearing loss

First Opinion Alexandra Phelan and Lawrence O. Gostin

The world needs the new pandemic treaty

First Opinion Julie K. Taitsman and Nancy Harrison

Pandemic lessons must spur federal action to protect nursing home residents

Opinions+ Hope Meely

STAT Plus: Unmasking the ‘centricity’ illusion in clinical trials

First Opinion Sadie Elisseou

Addressing health care workers’ trauma can help fight burnout

First Opinion Stacy Hurt

Making the case for fair compensation in clinical trials

First Opinion Omar Manejwala

Digital health: a case of mistaken identity

First Opinion Jenna Phillips

What clinical real-world data can deliver

First Opinion Jeffrey Millstein

As a primary care physician, here’s how I hope to partner with AI

First Opinion Owen Tripp and Robin Glass

Reports of telehealth’s death have been greatly exaggerated

First Opinion David Introcaso

HHS’s proposed rule pays lip service to addressing the climate crisis, the greatest threat to human health

First Opinion Hilary Hatch

Best time to deliver public health messages? When people are thinking about their health

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to H5N1 and livestock movements, insulin discontinuation, and more

First Opinion Marquisha Johns

Hurricane season is approaching fast. We need to talk about health care resilience

First Opinion Céline Gounder

H5N1 doesn’t have to be a repeat of Covid-19’s ‘public health versus the economy’

First Opinion Chén Kenyon, Bianca Nfonoyim Bernhard, and Tyra Bryant-Stephens

As childhood asthma worsens, insurers restrict access to an essential medication

First Opinion Antje M. Barreveld and Edin Randall

Treating chronic pain requires much more than medications