A prescription for Baltimore’s healthThis piece originally published in The Washington Post.Sep 10, 2018Sep 10, 2018
Leana Wen: an immigrant’s storyIn December of 1990, just before my eighth birthday, I left China for the United States. My father was a political dissident, and after he…Aug 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018
Nicholas Kristof’s NYT Newsletter — A Guest PostA woman is bleeding from a miscarriage. She sits in her doctor’s office and waits for eight hours. Nobody tells her why she’s not being…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
Suing the Trump administration to protect the ACA, health and the economyToday, Baltimore City filed suit against the Trump administration for intentionally and unlawfully sabotaging the Affordable Care Act…Aug 3, 2018Aug 3, 2018
Trump’s family planning dystopiaImagine that you have diabetes. You go to your local health center for information about treatment. Your doctor examines you, then tells…Jul 10, 2018Jul 10, 2018
A solution to the opioid epidemic from the urban and rural America perspectiveToday, we face the deadliest public health crisis of our lifetime — the opioid epidemic. To combat this catastrophe, Congress reviewed…Jul 5, 2018Jul 5, 2018
One easy, cost-free thing Trump can do to ease the opioid crisisRobert Weissman is the president of Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization based in Washington. Leana Wen is the…Jun 12, 2018Jun 12, 2018
Hospitals can fight the opioid crisis by treating addiction like the disease it isIn many doctor’s offices and hospitals across the country, the response to someone seeking addiction treatment is simple: “We don’t do that…May 15, 2018May 15, 2018
