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From Medicaid reform to psychedelic therapy, health policy debates shape the way we experience healthcare every day. However, more and more states are being relied

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Do medical schools provide adequate mental health care coverage for their students?

September 22, 2023 Health Insurance, health policy, Medical Schools, medical students, Mental Health, Student Health Centers

Medical schools hold an esteemed place in society, training the next generation of healthcare providers. But we know that these seminal years can be challenging,

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Fixing a Bug in the System: The Role of H. pylori Screening in Gastric Cancer Prevention

August 25, 2023 cancer prevention, Cost, Gastric Cancer, gut, health policy, Helicobacter pylori, Screening

Regardless of gender, race or country of origin, many humans on the earth share one thing in common and it lives in our gut. Helicobacter

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The path forward: a more inclusive healthcare system

August 5, 2022 access to care, American College of Physicians, health policy, Healthcare, U.S. healthcare system, universal coverage

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a two-part series. Read the first part here. In January 2020, the American College of Physicians (ACP)

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Helping the most vulnerable: Kids in foster care

May 27, 2021 children, Department of Pediatrics, family, Foster Care, health policy, public health, Texas Children's Hospital

What can be done to improve the child welfare system and help make the lives of foster care children better?

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Health care policy and partnerships: What has changed since COVID-19?

April 23, 2021 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Collaboration, COVID-19, health policy, Partnership, Texas Medical Center

What partnerships will be most important moving forward post pandemic? How should we do things differently?

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Think globally, act locally: Caring for families with neural tube defects

January 8, 2021 folic acid, fortification, health policy, neural tube defects, spina bifida, Texas Children's Hospital

Digital age connectivity is enabling policy change, embodied in new clinical care guidelines for people living with spina bifida.

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Eradication with vaccination? It’s worth a shot

February 20, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, measles, Vaccination

My stomach sank as I read the following email from my residency program: “Four measles cases confirmed in Harris County. Please reference the attached triage