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Letters to the editor

STAT’s Letters to the Editor feature offers a selection of opinions and perspectives received in response to First Opinion essays. We’re committed to a good-faith discussion of serious issues, and you’re invited to submit a Letter to the Editor here.

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First Opinion Torie Bosch

In defense of state physician health programs’ work with medical students

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on the health care system, pediatrics, and mental health apps

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on the value of medical comedy, the pediatrician shortage, and more

Torie Bosch

STAT readers on the politics of biomedical innovation and supplements

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

What would Hippocrates think of these First Opinions?

First Opinion Torie Bosch

STAT readers on hospital consolidation, patent system flaws, and asynchronous care

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

First Opinion readers on Covid and Trump, rare diseases, and institutional neutrality

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

First Opinion readers on Hatch-Waxman, new-patient visit times, mpox, and more

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Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

First Opinion readers on Noah Lyles and Covid-19, the dearth of geriatricians, PBMs, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Letters on Sonya Massey’s death, vaccine injuries, and much more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to essays on philanthropy and nursing schools, opioid overdoses, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Letters from readers on schools and bird flu, opioid ‘overprescribing,’ and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

First Opinion readers respond to psychiatry and social contracts, Medicare and weight loss meds, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

What readers have to say about long Covid, FDA and diversity, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to a plea for rare disease progress, vaccine-related injury, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to mothers in treatment for opioid use disorder, pandemic models, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to essays on young caregivers, digital health, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to H5N1 and livestock movements, insulin discontinuation, and more

First Opinion Patrick Skerrett

First Opinion essay on colorectal cancer screening: letter and response

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to funding academic medical centers, the ‘residency research arms race,’ and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

STAT readers respond to First Opinion essays on site-neutral payments, free medical school tuition, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to essays on hospital taxes, ADHD in girls and women, and more

Letters to the editor Patrick Skerrett

Readers respond to OTC antidepressants, personalized medicine, restoring trust in public health, and more

First Opinion Patrick Skerrett

STAT readers on biotech and national security, liquid-only diets before colonoscopy, and the value of weight loss drugs

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on new CDC Covid guidelines, weight loss drugs and mental health, and new psychiatric meds

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

What STAT readers think about octogenarian presidents

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on what human health care can learn from veterinary medicine and more

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

What STAT readers think about Aduhelm, CTE and the Super Bowl, and more

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

What STAT readers think about JPM’s locked lactation room, covering weight loss drugs, and more