We are at an incredibly exciting and dynamic time in the development of new therapies in the fight against cancer. Every single accelerant is a potential mother, father, husband, wife, friend, or child with the potential to be saved from...

In a nation as fortunate as the United States, everyone should have the food they need to thrive. Today in America, one in nine households (11.1 percent) are food insecure. This means that 37.2 million Americans, including 11.2 million...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. There was once a wise old rabbi. One day, a troublemaker arrived in town. Facing the rabbi, he held a bird behind his back. “If you are indeed so wise, Rabbi,” he said, “tell me if the bird I’m...

Health-care costs today are on a path to bankrupt our nation. Fast-rising costs are straining family budgets due to long-term stagnation of real income and prevailing fears regarding job security. Frustrated by a squeeze on costs and...

When the Senate Aging Committee was first established in 1961, 9 percent of Americans were over age 65. Today, 15 percent of our population has reached that milestone, and by 2060, nearly one out of four Americans will surpass their 65th...

A convergence of advances in medicine, technology, and behavioral science will shape the future of health and health care to look dramatically different than they do today. The fundamental health-care challenge of the 21st century is no...

My life’s work has taken me down a path where I’ve learned and witnessed the incredible power of online education, and how it can be scaled to improve the future and quality of health care. My journey began 20 years ago in a general...

Today, most people’s interactions with the health-care system are reactive, driven by crisis and disease. Some of us have the resources to engage in routine checkups or regular physical exams, but most of us only go to the doctor when...

Experts at McGraw Hill define artificial intelligence (AI) as the study of how to make computers do things that, at the moment, people do better. A number of AI techniques have transformed various enterprises over the last decade...

We’ve all seen data that magnifies a tragic and gripping reality—millions of people in every community across the country are experiencing the ravages of opioid addiction first-hand. Opioid addiction is a scourge that knows no age, gender...