The EpiPen shortage: A perfect pharmaceutical storm
Any parent of school-aged children knows summer is not all about vacations and fun. One of the big back-to-school activities is the well-child check and
Read More
health policy
How the medical community can encourage gun safety
Ninety-six Americans are shot and killed every day. Five years ago, National Gun Violence Awareness Day began to honor one of those lives cut tragically
Read More
Medical care: More than just the doctor and patient
How does medical care get delivered? If portrayals of doctor visits in the movies and on television tell us anything, it’s as simple as this:
Read More
Social media: A new tool in the doctor’s bag?
When you Google your doctor’s name, have you ever considered that your doctor could be Googling yours too? A survey at a major urban medical
Read More
CRISPR: A democratizing technology calls for democratic dialogue
By now, you may have read stories about a gene editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9. CRISPR is poised to revolutionize the biological sciences because it’s the
Read More
A ‘right to try,’ but at what cost?
A few weeks ago, my colleague Stephanie Morain wrote a PolicyWise post on attempts to pass so-called “right-to-try” legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read More
Should teens call the shots on the HPV vaccine?
Not too long ago, I sat in a middle school biology classroom and read about Edward Jenner successfully using cowpox material to introduce immunity to
Read More
Direct-to-consumer BRCA testing: Can a reasonable decision still require caution?
On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 23andMe to expand its direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test to include selected variants in BRCA1
Read More
State by State: Where you live affects newborn screening
Match Day is finally here. For medical students seeking residency and fellowship training positions, this day is the culmination of years of studying and hard
Read More
What is a parent? How policy shapes the definition of parenthood
Editor’s note: This blog post is the first part of a two-part series. The LA Times recently reported on a same-sex married couple who sought U.S.
Read More