The effectiveness of laws prohibiting under 21 year old’s purchasing tobacco relies on how they are implemented and enforced, say Holly Jarman and colleagues […]
US healthcare
Kunal Sindhu: How prior authorisation is harming patients in the US
The process to obtain prior authorisation is cumbersome, frustrating, and diverts doctors’ time away from their patients, says Kunal Sindhu […]
Abraar Karan: Making sure patients understand and that doctors do too
Abraar Karan considers a case that made him confront how much is lost or misunderstood in doctor-patient communication […]
Alabama abortion ban—part of new efforts to restrict abortion in the United States
Abortion bans in Georgia, and now Alabama, are part of a growing push against women’s reproductive rights in the US […]
Jeffrey Flier: Elizabeth Holmes and Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows—a cautionary tale
When the modern history of biomedical fraud is written, Elizabeth Holmes and her now defunct company Theranos will no doubt be accorded a prominent chapter. As recounted in the best […]
Abraar Karan: Don’t let your institution define you
The institution doesn’t make the doctor, the doctors make the institution, says Abraar Karan […]
Democracy is a public health policy: Puerto Rico and the response to Hurricane Maria
The video is memorable: Donald Trump, President of the United States, throwing rolls of paper towel at a group of dispossessed US citizens in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and noting […]
Peter Hotez: Measles in America—what’s playing out in New York State is nightmarish
Eventually, this measles epidemic will be controlled, but we will almost certainly continue to see larger and more frequent measles outbreaks in the US […]
Nicola Bennett: The US healthcare system can be a callous and financially menacing force
Nicola Bennett describes what it was like to deal with the US healthcare system throughout her husband’s illness and subsequent death […]
Gretchen Goldman: Trump pulls a page from industry’s disinformation playbook
By denying science, the Trump administration is putting lives at risk, says Gretchen Goldman […]