In a recent op-ed, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid out a clear, urgent vision for the future of our healthcare system, noting the central role of prevention as one of our most powerful tools in medicine. As a physician, I could not agree more, but achieving that vision requires a […]
We call it the “rare disease community,” but there is nothing rare about the number of Americans whose lives are touched by these diseases. Cancer afflicts 18 million Americans. Comparatively, an estimated 30 million Americans — roughly 1 in 10 — live with a rare disease. Individually, the more than 7,000 rare diseases affect relatively […]
Enough. I have tried making this argument politely. I have tried making it historically. I have tried making it legally. So let me make it as plainly as possible: Lemkin Institute, give the Lemkin family back its name. You don’t own it. You didn’t earn it. And you should not get to wrap your political […]
Every day in America, a grandfather walks into the dermatologist’s office, the doctor examines a concerning mole, then removes it during the same visit. Medicare may pay for the office visit and the procedure separately, at close to full price. That’s one visit but two charges, and grandpa owes coinsurance on both. This could be […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal on Monday night during an interview on CNN, labeling him the “architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people.” Out of curiosity, I turned to Google to check the actual legal definition of genocide. According to the website of […]
This month, the people building artificial intelligence warned that it could end humanity. Before we reach for the panic button, look at what actually occurred this summer. Let’s begin with a solid … your computer is not about to kill you; it is software. In July, OpenAI placed a model in a sealed testing environment […]
