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Training more providers will strengthen our healthcare system

Last year my 24-year-old daughter, Annabel, decided to go into nursing after earning a bachelor’s degree in another field. She’s now in a master’s program and well on her way to becoming a nurse and probably a nurse practitioner after that. But watching her navigate the complex, ...

Fight hunger and disease now, climate change later

In 2000, something remarkable happened: the world came together and committed to a short list of ambitious targets that became known as the Millennium Development Goals. The objectives — to reduce poverty, fight disease, keep kids in school and so on — essentially boiled down to eight ...

On Taiwan, let’s unfix what wasn’t broke

America’s detente relationship with China regarding Taiwan has had enormous benefits for all three countries for the last five decades, but an unsettling slide toward political posturing and rhetoric puts the future of that relationship at risk. The United States must affirm its commitment ...

Will FDA’s e-cig rejections push people to worse products?

The Food and Drug Administration recently rejected two menthol e-cigarette products. Meaning well, the agency has set a goal “to make tobacco-related disease and death part of America’s past, not America’s future.” The hope is that by doing so, they will “ensure a healthier life for ...

Biden’s Russia policy is too little and too late

War is an ugly thing. Sustained war depletes a country’s resources and typically their resolve. However, because of President Biden’s continued weakness, Russia is growing stronger, economically and in perceived strength. Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped his invasion of Ukraine ...

ChatGPT, commercially viable innovation or premature launch?

ChatGPT — or Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer — has received major media attention for its human-like dialogue and “articulate” answers across a range of knowledge. This chatbot, developed by OpenAI, was initially launched on November 30, with a stable release on February 13. ...