Leana S. Wen

Opinion | Federal vaccine drama is causing great confusion. Your questions, answered. - The Washington Post

Opinion | Should AI be refilling prescriptions? It’s not a crazy idea. - The Washington Post

Its easy to dismiss Utahs latest artificial intelligence experiment as dangerous and dystopian. The state has partnered with a company called Doctronic to empower an AI doctor, rather than a human cl�...

Opinion | We may be doing breast cancer screening all wrong - The Washington Post

For decades, breast cancer screening has been synonymous with the mammogram. Womens preventive care has centered on the annual test, and for good reason: 1 in 8 women in the United States are diagnos�...

Opinion | RFK Jr.’s attacks on vaccines just hit a wall of pediatricians - The Washington Post

It should not be newsworthy for the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue vaccine recommendations, as it did last week. The organization, which represents about 67,000 pediatricians, has done so ev�...

Opinion | Don’t follow Trump’s example on aspirin - The Washington Post

President Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, revealed that he takes a high-dose aspirin pill every day despite his doctors encouraging him to s�...

Opinion | 5 changes doctors are making to fight high blood pressure - The Washington Post

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