First Opinion

First Opinion John C. (Jack) Lewin and Jane Delgado

STAT Plus: A new HHS rule takes a far too narrow approach to health care data interoperability

First Opinion Jeff Goldsmith

The decline and fall of elite multispecialty medical groups

First Opinion Judith S. Mercer

Cord blood banking sounds like a great idea — until you realize what it costs babies

First Opinion Jody Dushay

BMI as a barrier to orthopedic surgery doesn’t make sense for patient health

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

What STAT readers think about JPM’s locked lactation room, covering weight loss drugs, and more

First Opinion Toby Bressler and Lauren Ghazal

The nursing staffing crisis has hit one role particularly hard: the nurse manager

First Opinion Tara Bannow

Pumping milk at JPM was a nightmare. It’s part of a bigger problem in the industry

First Opinion Janelle Goodwill

Addressing the Black youth suicide crisis requires a new approach to licensing clinical social workers

First Opinion Lynne Moronski

How to ensure the NIH’s decision to recognize people with disabilities as a health disparity population makes a difference

First Opinion Jay Baruch

Preventing health care violence in the ER requires moving from safety to security

First Opinion Maggie Hassan

STAT Plus: Sen. Maggie Hassan on what Congress must do next to fight the opioid crisis

First Opinion Samantha Kleinberg

STAT Plus: Americans are obsessed with health and fitness tracking. It’s time for a data diet

First Opinion Daniel Weiner

Cost isn’t the only reason Medicare doesn’t cover Wegovy

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on Census data, nutrition education, and a better approach to epinephrine

First Opinion Craig Idlebrook

I went on a mind-boggling journey to get my son’s ADHD medication covered by insurance — twice

First Opinion Joëlla W. Adams

The misguided reason why providers aren’t prescribing more buprenorphine for opioid use disorder

First Opinion Andrew Popper

Insurance companies are forcing psychiatrists like me to stop accepting their coverage

First Opinion Catherine Ames

Being a chronically ill young adult is hard enough. Finding information about my fertility is even harder

First Opinion Sameer Berry

Today’s at-home microbiome testing industry is fraught with snake oil

First Opinion Torie Bosch

Buprenorphine, autism diagnoses, and long Covid: the most-read First Opinion essays of 2023

First Opinion Eleanor Garrow-Holding

There’s a less intimidating alternative to EpiPens for dangerous allergic reactions. Why won’t the FDA approve it?

First Opinion Manica Balasegaram

Gaza, Ukraine, and other conflicts could be accelerating antibiotic resistance

First Opinion Barron H. Lerner

Remembering Betty Rollin, who told her breast surgeon that post-operative appearance mattered to her — and other women

First Opinion Anika Nayak, Nisha Patel, and Disha Narang

People with food insecurity deserve better nutrition education

First Opinion Marcella Alsan, John Cawley, and Joseph Doyle

Does food as medicine help patients with diabetes? Here’s what a new clinical trial says

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on patient advocacy, the utility of diagnostic tests, and more

First Opinion Maria Kefalas

The unique pain and joy of celebrating Christmas with a child in the pediatric intensive care unit

First Opinion Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Why haven’t health care cost increases exceeded inflation? There’s a very good reason

First Opinion Cara Poland

The U.S. must raise federal alcohol taxes to address the alarming rise in alcohol use