Remove religious exemptions from childhood vaccines | Op-Ed
Daniel Low: In the current state of vaccine hesitancy, protecting kids means advocating for vaccine requirements. It's time to eliminate the religious exemption from childhood...
Doctors should address patient medical debt | Op-Ed
May 2021 be a year that not only limits the spread of COVID-19 but also limits the spread of medical debt.
As doctors, we call for treatment, not incarceration, for those with drug addiction | Op-Ed
For decades we have waited for the purported safety and benefits from our “war on drugs.” As doctors, we are tired of waiting. We are...
The need for a revamped Washington state vaccine database | Op-Ed
Now is the most critical time for Washington state to enhance the Washington State Immunization Information System Database.
The health-care sector must address climate change | Op-Ed
It is time for the medical community to go beyond talking about the harms of climate change and start restructuring its own systems to address...
Why won’t we talk about death? | Op-Ed
Regardless of how healthily we live or how much medical care we receive, we will all die.
Doctors must treat the epidemic of loneliness | Op-Ed
As medical providers, we need to approach loneliness with the same fervor that we address smoking cessation, diabetes, depression and heart failure.
We must house homeless to cure health inequities | Op-Ed
We need a health-care system that recognizes homelessness first and foremost as a medical issue.