Dr. Kavita Patel

In a Fox News interview last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that poor nutrition played a role in making an unvaccinated school-age child in West Texas’ Mennonite community the first person to die in […]

The measles virus now spreading across Texas and other states doesn’t care about political posturing. But when two deaths occur — the first fatalities in a decade — and our health secretary responds with a jumble of pseudoscience and platitudes,

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, a historic achievement in the world of public health. Now, it’s back. And the second Donald Trump administration is making it harder to fight the outbreak, which does not bode

As a physician who has dedicated my life to improving public health, I find myself deeply troubled and, frankly, alarmed at the prospect of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming the secretary of Health and Human Services. This isn’t just a

Many of us woke up Wednesday morning — if we slept at all — anxious about how to speak to our children, loved ones and how to feel ourselves. The 2024 presidential election has left our country more polarized than

This article is part of a special series called “One in four: How abortion access shapes America.” As a physician, I’ve often witnessed the profound complexities and emotional turmoil that accompany pregnancy complications. Each time I encounter these situations, one

As a physician on the front lines of public health, I find myself in a state of constant disbelief and growing alarm, watching the level of disinformation and dangerous false rhetoric around public health emanating from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s recent public appearances have been marked by his apparent confusion, by rambling speeches and by his bizarre claims that go beyond mere gaffes or misstatements. In one particularly troubling incident during a town hall event,