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I cover the influence of technology on public health and health care at POLITICO and once wrote a personal essay for the The New York Times Modern Love column. Find me on Twitter and LinkedIn
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Opioid deaths rose 50 percent during the pandemic. In these places, they fell
The unlikely alliance bringing tech companies to heel
Forget about Dr. Google, Doctors are worried about Dr. ChatGPT
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to put warning labels on social media sites
AI is making critical health care decisions and the sheriff is MIA
Senator to big tech: Collectively your platforms really suck at policing themselves
States get serious about protecting youth mental health from online harms
Google’s hiring former FDA officials to smooth its entry into health care
Sorry the government’s not paying for your therapy app
‘Shut it off immediately’: The health industry responds to data privacy crackdown
Health apps let Facebook know every time you use them
FTC reaches deal with online therapy company over data misuse claims
Biden’s moonshot examined: Researchers say cancer cure is a long ways off
FTC cracks down on companies that share customers’ health data
Artificial Intelligence was supposed to transform health care. It hasn’t.
Social media is broken, lawsuit contends
Alcohol abuse spiked during the pandemic. Treatment hasn’t kept up
Galvanized by Dobbs, more doctors are distributing abortion pills by mail
The latest social media misinformation: Abortion reversal pills
The web is home to an illegal bazaar for abortion pills. The FDA is ill-equipped to stop it
Abortion foes move to block online ads for reproductive services
Health systems want government help fighting off the hackers
Searches for medication abortion have soared
Students raised privacy concerns over new COVID-19 contacting tracing apps
Data rules can’t bind the cookie monsters
The pandemic sparked the rise of tele-abortion—is it here to stay?
Researchers can’t even begin to assess the damage from viral suicide videos
People with unconfirmed COVID-19 symptoms are turning to Facebook groups
Open source medicine could prepare us for the next pandemic
Silicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost here
These startups are tackling the most frustrating women’s health issues
The billion-dollar race to change how drugs are made
Can high tech capitalism fix the health care industry?
Juul Addicted Teens are chewing nicotine just to get through class
Trump Foundation filings reveal donations from Ukrainian Oligarch
New Walmart Purchase Jet Raided Local Pet Stores When Distributors Wouldn’t Play Fetch
Facebook's Race Issues Go Beyond The Company Wall
A new online-only rehab wants to treat opioid addiction at home
How COVID-19 killed America’s favorite diet
Why some men won’t wear a mask
Jack Dorsey is sleeping just fine thank you
How Peer-To-Peer Payment Pioneer Venmo Grew Up And Got Serious
OK Google, cancel that driverless taxi