Torie Bosch

Pennsylvania

First Opinion editor, First Opinion Podcast host @STATNews Senior ed @TheOpenNotebook Formerly @FutureTenseNow, @StateMindSlate, @Slate, @ASU, @NewAmerica

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Articles

What can we do about H5N1 bird flu in cats?

1 week ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being infected with the same virus that has caused egg prices to skyrocket. House cats are vulnerable to H5N1, too, as Meghan F. Davis, a veterinarian and epidemiologist with Johns Hopkins University, and co-authors recently wrote in a First Opinion essay.
The increasing threats to local public health efforts

2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

While the upheaval at the Department of Health and Human Services is getting more headlines, local public health organizations are also facing a moment of reckoning. Major cuts are leaving public health departments with fewer resources and employees. And that will have immediate ramifications, said Raynard Washington, director of Mecklenburg County Public Health in North Carolina, and Michelle Taylor, health officer and director of the Shelby County Health Department in Tennessee.
STAT readers on cadavers in med education, doctors and AI, and more

2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.
Donna Shalala is scared for HHS workers and U.S. public health

3 weeks ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

When I spoke with her for this episode of the “First Opinion Podcast,” Donna Shalala was wearing a lovely broach with American flags. I complimented her on it, and she smiled, telling me that Bob Dole — the 1996 Republican candidate for president — gave it to her.
The neurosurgeon keeping 'Severance' (relatively) medically accurate

4 weeks ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

On a recent Friday evening, it struck me: I needed to speak to a neurosurgeon. I was watching someone root around in actor Adam Scott’s head on an episode from the second season of “Severance” on Apple TV+. (Note: This post and podcast episode contain spoilers for “Severance.” You’ve been warned.) I needed to know: How realistic is the brain surgery that gives the show its name and premise?
The kids’ doctors aren’t all right

1 month ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

On Friday, medical students around the U.S. will learn what residency program they have matched into. Match Day is not just momentous for those students, though. It also tells the rest of us what fields of medicine are having trouble attracting new physicians. In 2024, about 8% of pediatrics positions went unfilled, an increase from about 3% in 2023. Meanwhile, children’s hospitals report large numbers of vacancies in many pediatric subspecialties.
The shocking lack of research on airborne disease transmission

1 month ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring Covid-19 a global pandemic. For science writer Carl Zimmer, a columnist for the New York Times, covering Covid meant “watching [scientists] figuring out this disease in real time.” Notably, “there were a lot of mysteries about it. I was really struck as, as others were, by how strange it was that, that the just a fundamental question of how Covid spread was so unclear and was leading to so much argument,” he said.
The battle over amyloid and more from STAT readers

2 months ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.
STAT readers on vaccines, saving pharmacies, and more

2 months ago | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.
DEA opioid quotas, women’s health screenings, ADHD as a ‘superpower,’ and more

Jan 3, 2025 | statnews.com | Torie Bosch

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.