RFK Jr. Reportedly Planning to Fire All USPSTF Members
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to fire all the members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and replace them with members of his own choosing, according to media reports. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Kennedy plans to remove the 16 task force members because […]
FDA to Ease Restrictions on Blood Donations From Gay Men
The FDA is planning to ease rules that for decades have barred or discouraged men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood, due to concerns over HIV transmission. In draft guidance released on Friday, the agency recommended moving toward “gender-inclusive individual risk-based questions” as a means of mitigating the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV. […]
Opinion | Roe Is Under Attack: How Can I Help?
Residency is hard when you’re planning to add a child to your family, even when everything goes right. When you find out at 28 weeks that your future child will never breathe without a ventilator, it gets harder. My wife had been having frequent ultrasounds for unrelated reasons. Nothing had been wrong so far. During […]
Opinion | Permission to Burn the Manual
I started planning my escape in late 2020. I would find a way to quit healthcare, to cease being a practicing physician altogether. Living the life of a doctor-mom, I felt consumed with daily obligations and duties. Guilt plagued me for feeling burdened by this life, for feeling it was a monotonous prison. The guilt […]