Award-Winning Health Journalism

Privacy vs. Public Health

A psychologist sits on a couch with a young boy, playing with a toy truck

The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative Fact checked by Ros Lederman Peter J. Smith, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago, is quick to the point. “This is an absolute ethical minefield,” Smith says of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly announced […]

Investing in Women Means Investing in the Future of Medicine

Women in Medicine Summit

  In healthcare, we often talk about prevention. But when it comes to preventing burnout, leadership gaps, or disparities in women’s health, we continue to operate reactively. It’s time we change that — and it starts with how we invest in people. This September, the Power of Women in Medicine Summit returns to Chicago for […]