AI doesn't need to be perfect to outperform our healthcare system's woeful status quo. It just needs to be better. In many cases, it already is. In today's New York Times, I explore this idea – a central theme of my upcoming book, A Giant Leap (out Feb 3). www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...

As a primary care physician on the front lines, this is the absolute reality. Insurers are required to maintain an adequate network, but fail to reimburse mental health professionals enough to do so. And then they don’t accurately disclose the narrowness of that network www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Happy #solstice everyone. Looking forward to longer days to come (at least in the northern hemisphere). We will gain three minutes of sunlight before the end of the month! 🌞

Big Bump in Concierge, Direct Primary Care in Recent Years www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...

Early Signs Point to a Harsh #Flu Season in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/h...

Excited to share my opinion piece in @AnnalsofIM on accurately valuing the work we as physicians do every day, and how this year’s @CMSGov rule may help (or not). www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Internal Medicine is the foundation of clinical care. Happy #InternalMedicineDay from Fox & Brantley Internal Medicine in Charlottesville!

The #COVID -19 vaccine had an effectiveness of 29.3% against related ED visits, 39.2% against hospitalization, and 64.0% against COVID-19-associated death, www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Excited to have arrived in #Albany for the ⁦‪@NewYorkACP‬⁩ annual scientific meeting. I’m honored to be a speaker on the topic of physician payment/medical economics. There is still time to register and get some great CME

#Covid waste water levels have decreased somewhat over the past two weeks, indicating that perhaps we have passed the peek of this current wave. A little early to know for sure. Still consider getting the Covid vax to reduce risk of serious illness, hospitalization, and death.

If you are on #Medicare & appreciate (or rely on) #telehealth visits with your doc, that will all end on October 1 unless Congress passes some legislation to extend them. Please contact or your Representative or Senator and let them know how important this is to you.

Really important study. Private equity owned hospitals have to make money somehow, & part of that is cutting staffing. This study demonstrates that staffing levels were cut and mortality in the ED went up after PE acquisition | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

#Covid cases are continuing to rise, especially in the West

Wastewater surveillance suggests that we may be at the beginning of a Covid wave. If you have not been #vaccinated in a while, now would be a good time. We are waiting for the fall vaccine strain to be released. @fda.gov - why are you taking so long?

👇 must read from @acpimphysicians.bsky.social president Jason Goldman and Robert Hopkins on the importance of restoring the ACIP www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Incredibly proud of the @acpimphysicians.bsky.social @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social and others who are taking this critical step to protect public health wapo.st/4nzohf9

I am very excited to share the publication of our paper, Modernizing Risk Adjustment in Healthcare. This is an issue that impacts every physician today. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

My friend and colleague Dr. Sandy Fryhofer explains to CNN how devastating RFK Jr’s actions have been on the health of Americans. It is time for RFK to go. next.frame.io/share/db21fb...

Rebecca Andrews and Isaac Opile are two of the smartest doctors in this space. Legislators would be wise to head their concerns. www.cbs.com/shows/video/...

Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals www.nature.com/articles/s41...

UVA, one the nation’s top universities and founded by Thomas Jefferson himself, needs to fight this blatant interference by the justice department. It will otherwise be perceived as weak. Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

Vaccines are vital to our safety and to preserving the public health. We must fight to protect access to these important tools. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...

Completely predictable - Kennedy’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/h...

How Musk, Trump, and Rubio’s chaotic dismantling of USAID is causing death across Africa…and also undermining America’s soft power. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...

Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

We are learning that new ACIP members, appointed in a non-transparent process, are also, predictably, riddled with direct and indirect financial COI... including some who are paid experts in lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers. Don't be fooled. His crusade is not about cleaning up conflicts.

. @acpimphysicians.bsky.social president Dr. Jason Goldman is quoted www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healt...

As someone with a child about to enter medical school, I can 100% agree this is a major problem and will leave the profession only to those with the financial means and will further devastate primary care.

This appears to be another blatent attempt by Sec Kennedy to undermine access to #vaccines. I fear what kind of individuals he will appoint to this prestigious and independent body. It is time for the nation to press for RFK’s resignation. www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

Trump Budget’s Caps on Grad School Loans Could Worsen Doctor Shortage www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

The potential power of mRNA technology www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h...

Congrats to the Yale women’s crew for their stunning NCAA championship win! And special congrats to Mia Levy! www.row2k.com/ncaa/feature...

DUI - DOGE-ing under the influence

For years we have been espousing how vital it is for the US economy to get more students interested in STEM careers. And yet, here we are. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...

"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This seems less like a rigorously research study, and more like an AI generated publication. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

This is a political decision by an antivaxxer. It is not a scientific decision. We know this because the ACIP, the group of expert scientists that makes the recommendations, was purposefully bypassed in the process www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/h...

Official statement from @acpimphysicians.bsky.social on the house passed budget bill www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...

This is an explainer from @kff.org on why Medicaid work requirements, even though seemingly reasonable on the face of it, don’t really work and just tend to remove eligible people from the program, raising uninsurance rates www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Can anyone tell me what the point is of Trump trying to destroy one of the crown jewels of American higher education, sought out by people the world over? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

This looks like another disaster for public health in the making www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/s...

Physicians have the right to form unions and even strike in the right circumstances. But collective empowerment for physicians goes well beyond even that & encompasses many recommendations. www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...

The sloppy manner under which #DOGE has operated will actually cost (cost!) taxpayers $139 billion, including re-hiring workers who are then placed on paid leave. What is the point of that?! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...