Times Opinion: Trump’s vaccine order puts parents in a bind
President Donald Trump's proposed sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, whether ever actually implemented or not, are yet another affront to public health…
Times Opinion: The cyclosporiasis outbreak is a master class in miscommunication
Over the weekend, the Food and Drug Administration sent Americans trying to navigate the cyclospora outbreak into a tailspin. A day after Taylor Farms…
Times Opinion: Why do we need explosive diarrhea to remind us public health matters?
Last week, public health detectives in Michigan got their first big lead in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the…
Perspective: Extreme heat is a fact of summer. Its health harms don’t have to be
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high temperatures; next week, they'll chronicle the human toll.
Times Opinion: Trump’s war on science is being waged in the fine print
A fresh attack on the U.S. scientific infrastructure could be the most damaging yet.
Times Opinion: Health care costs are forcing terrible trade-offs
Earlier this month, as I waited to pick up a prescription at my local CVS, I watched a man leave without his elderly father's medication.
Times Opinion: The problem with that ‘Great Healthcare Plan’
This month, as Americans who rely on Affordable Care Act plans opened their first bills of 2026 and experienced sticker shock, President Donald Trump began pitching them on an alternative: his "Great Healthcare Plan," which would shift government support away from subsidizing insurance coverage and toward putting money directly into accounts that consumers can use to pay for care.
Perspective: The Dry January experiment is working
As New Year's Eve approached, I found myself mulling over something that in all my previous adult years would have been unthinkable: What if I didn't drink? Sure, I had a lovely bottle of champagne chilling in the fridge.
Opinion: The quiet Obamacare overhaul needs a loud reveal
The unprecedented cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump's tax bill rightfully garnered headlines in recent months.
Opinion: MAHA is pushing glucose tracking that most people don’t need
Casey Means, a Stanford-trained physician and wellness influencer nominated by President Donald Trump for surgeon general, is convinced the U.S. is experiencing an epidemic of metabolic dysfunction — a crisis silently unfolding inside the cells of millions of Americans.
