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Perspective and opinion on biotechnology, medicine, and the life sciences writ large, curated by Torie Bosch. Interested in sharing your thoughts? Learn more about submitting an essay to First Opinion.

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Trump’s dangerous Covid-19 revisionism

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A global revolution in funding mental health care is coming

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STAT Plus: Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold warn: Beware hospital consolidation

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

First Opinion readers on Hatch-Waxman, new-patient visit times, mpox, and more

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STAT Plus: It’s time for a new medical specialty in asynchronous care

First Opinion Nancy Brown

Congress can prevent deaths from cardiac arrest if it acts now

First Opinion Jane Martin

Louisiana’s new mifepristone and misoprostol law puts my patients at unnecessary risk

First Opinion Westyn Branch-Elliman and Shira Doron

‘Institutional neutrality’ is the way to go for universities

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How the 2024 election gets mental health right — and wrong

First Opinion Sandeep Jauhar and Maria Avila

When should marijuana use deny a patient an organ transplant?

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First Opinion Cheri Banks

STAT Plus: Five things FDA ad comm members want

First Opinion Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO director general: A breakthrough global agreement on combatting antimicrobial resistance

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon, Abraar Karan, and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak

First Opinion Marquisha Johns and Casey Doherty

STAT Plus: Congress must reauthorize the Older Americans Act to keep seniors safe from heat

First Opinion Scott Weese

Veterinary medicine is key to overcoming antimicrobial resistance

First Opinion Paul Ginsburg and Steve Lieberman

How the next president should reform Medicare

First Opinion Bonnielin Swenor, Scott Landes, and Jean Hall

Millions of people are missing from U.S. disability data

First Opinion Christopher Hartnick

What happened when my mother became the first 2024 West Nile patient in Manhattan

First Opinion Tahir Amin and Timi Iwayemi

STAT Plus: 40 doesn’t look good on Hatch-Waxman

First Opinion Paul Martin Jensen

New HHS rules can’t address the primary reason for research misconduct

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

First Opinion readers on clinical trials in Africa, compounded semaglutide, depressed mice, and more

First Opinion Elizabeth Pfiester

How I fought Big Pharma on insulin prices — and won

First Opinion Doug Wirth and Jeffrey S. Crowley

Medicaid must prepare to cover twice-yearly HIV prevention injection

First Opinion Vonda Vaden Bates

A failing health care system caused my husband’s death

First Opinion Mark Siedner and Rochelle Walensky

Tested in Africa, used in America

First Opinion Lisa Bailey

The U.S. should follow California’s lead on banning toxic chemicals in IV bags and tubes

First Opinion Maria D. Van Kerkhove

WHO pandemic threat director: Here’s what needs to happen to combat mpox

First Opinion Kiran Kumbhar

What the doctors’ protests in India are missing

First Opinion Karen S. Greenberg

End the ‘forced swim test’ on mice for antidepressant research