Health Policy Law – The New Physician

Health Disparities Among People In Prison and Jail

January 24, 2026

Definition of Health Disparity To delve into the health inequalities experienced by individuals in prisons and jails, it is essential to begin by examining the concept of health disparities and the term “correctional health,” which […]

Who Is Most Affected by New HepB Recommendations?

December 20, 2025

Following in the wake of public health turnabouts from the United States’ chief public health agency, on Dec. 5, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) has rescinded its 30-year policy for hepatitis B vaccination […]

Capping Loans, Narrowing the Path: What It Means for Physician–MPH Training

December 15, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to remove graduate public health degrees from its definition of professional degree programs arrives at a moment when the country urgently needs more, not fewer, clinicians […]

Cervical Cancer in Underserved Communities

October 22, 2025

Cervical cancer remains a significant public health challenge in the U.S., despite efforts to promote early detection through increased screening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that approximately 12,500 new cases were diagnosed […]

Perspective

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

September 4, 2026

Lessons on confidence, uncertainty, teamwork, and becoming a physician If you are reading this, you are probably somewhere along one of the most demanding— and rewarding—journeys of your life. Perhaps you have just begun medical […]

Op-Ed

Medicine Begins Before the White Coat

September 4, 2026

Medicine often manifests as a destination-white coat ceremony, first on the ward shift, the moment a student becomes a physician. Yet for many of us, this journey starts well in advance of any earned title, […]

Poetry

The Descent

May 24, 2026

Prestige has a short half-life; my quiet presumption of permanence, of admiring hums in bright rooms, fell away without ceremony. The world dimmed, momentum drained from days. My life’s scaffolding collapsed: small fractures widened into […]