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The personal whims of five or six justices hold the fate of American medical choice in their hands, and it's been that way for a long time.

Emily Randall, Washington State Senate Bill 5704, would mandate state-regulated commercial insurance carriers reimburse nurse practitioners and physicians equally, known as pay parity. In Washington State, most insurers, including Medicare and Medicaid, already reimburse equally. In addition, those extra years of education are costly; medical students...

The bad news is infections are raging, but we do have a tool to save lives.

Inside hospitals across America, color codes designate specific types of emergencies.  Code blue indicates a cardiac or respiratory arrest. Code red specifies smoke or fire. Code pink means an infant needs emergency intervention. Code black typically indicates that there is a bomb threat to the facility. A “code purple” indicates a staff member feels unsafe. Most emergency codes convey objective information, while the code purple is subjective and summons both security personnel and a mental health professional to the bedside. Between 2008 and 2011, according to an internal report from...

A culture of silence won't protect kids Niran Al-Agba, MD As a pediatrician, I understand the toll child abuse takes on families, communities, and society. I have seen my fair share of traumatic child abuse and held the hands of brain-dead children as they take their last breath. However, I have never witnessed anything more destructive than accusing parents of child abuse in the absence of evidence to substantiate the claim.   Physicians making allegations against parents must pay attention to detail. Unfortunately, when they do not, the code of silence looms large. Regar...