“It was then I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state.”

“It was then I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state.”

The Trump administration is playing a losing game of whack-a-mole trying to silence the growing chorus of critics.

The Trump administration is playing a losing game of whack-a-mole trying to silence the growing chorus of critics.

At the final Saturday night A’s game at the Coliseum, I saw the end of another sports era caused by another greedy billionaire stealing joy from generations

JD Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, used to say he deplored Donald Trump. Now they both foment hate for nonwhite people. But Usha Vance knows better.

My father-in-law is fighting for his life. The last thing he needs is to be fighting his insurance company, too.

My friend Marla recently came to me in a dream. She was an American killed by a Hamas bomb in Jerusalem in 2002, shortly after we both graduated college.

Some of the best people I know in health care are jumping ship and precious little is being done to stem the tide of what is a clinician exodus.

My father’s vow to honor his mother’s request and perform her last rites in India stretched him to his limits.

They’ve faced lockdowns, a mental health crisis and the dawn of climate change. What does the COVID class of 2023 think of the world they’re poised to inherit?

Evusheld was a game-changer for immunocompromised like me. But the drug may no longer work against new variants.

Given who my Mom is, a little cancer or chemo was never going to get in the way of her annual Diwali food operation.

Vulnerable people will pay with their lives. Some simple precautions would make a huge difference in mitigating spread of the disease and reducing its death toll.

This moment in history compels us to ask ourselves: Do we have the requisite courage to...

Every encounter with our medical system feels like it’s a fight for our lives.

"The local police tried to dissuade him from moving forward, saying that they could not make any promises about our safety. Dad refused."

Andrew Wiggins made a sacrifice, setting aside his concerns and getting vaccinated against Covid. The Warriors couldn't have won without it.

Gun violence is a manifestation of the sickness in society we all helped create.

Not enough high-risk patients know about Evusheld, and neither do their providers....

"Our medical assistant came to me, panicked, and handed me a positive test. ... 'Run it again,' I sputtered — to buy some time and gather my wits and hope by some miracle it would produce a different ...

As a healthcare worker, my friend was pushed to the brink during the pandemic — and almost no one came through for her.

"For the past two years, I have wanted a megaphone to drown out the voices of those who didn’t seem to mind if their policies landed me in a body bag."

When you prioritize the lives of the most vulnerable, everyone is protected.

For those most at risk of falling gravely ill, COVID treatments like Paxlovid are quickly...

"Of course everyone would line up to get shots, to protect one another, to help the vulnerable like my parents, we reasoned. We were wrong."

Yes, you can still get COVID if you are vaccinated. But my ICU colleagues will likely not...

Bad actors with the big platforms are behind each and every recent COVID-19 death of the...

My nephews come home from school with tales of COVID and quarantine while the school district's reassurances ring hollower with every email.

Hundreds of millions in India are still awaiting their jabs while America’s vaccine...

When the doctor told us to call the COVID vaccine hotline, we knew we were completely on our own, despite my parents' advanced age and risk factors.

"Kamala is all of us whose names don’t roll off the tongues of white men like Tucker Carlson, David Perdue and others who use our names as punchlines."

My grandmother was a Kamala, and now, so is my vice president. Why that means so much to me and so many others.

"Use me as your excuse. Say that you just got off the phone with this intense doctor, and she said you can’t come home for the holidays to potentially kill your loved ones."

"Is it wrong for a doctor to be writing these words? I would argue, in fact, that it is precisely in line with the ethics of my profession."

"With every crucial delay, with every blunder and misstep, the toll is going to be measured in lives lost."

Dipti S. Barot pays homage to the two irreplaceable voices who informed her love of good movies.

JD Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, used to say he deplored Donald Trump. Now they both foment hate for nonwhite people. But Usha Vance knows better.