Uncertainty & Complexity

The truth, even on a good day, is elusive. We would do well to remember that. And perhaps judge ourselves...

More than 2 million low-income people — mostly in Florida and Texas — are uninsured because they are stuck in...

Enough time has passed to where we are reflecting on the pandemic for a sense of closure. We would be...

Gun violence data may appear startling, but they lack meaningful context. It would help to correlate the statistics with broader...

We're familiar with online misinformation. But we’re less familiar with how information overload affects our judgment. It’s time to study...

Researchers are increasingly finding that doctors can transmit prejudice under the guise of objective descriptions.

We expand our efforts to show the importance of perceptions in clinical decision-making. We now present a framework to nudge...

We built modern medicine on data. They provide certainty when facing the unknown. But the heart of medicine is uncertainty....

Medicine has become a vast system. As it grew, we lost empathy for patients and replaced it with a nexus...

COVID fatigue is undeniable and most long to just move on. Instead, we should find a balance between the benefits...

Once again, vaping is at the mercy of regulators. The FDA should first understand the origins of the vaping crisis...

We have approved a fourth vaccine, with the goal of addressing vaccine hesitancy. But hesitancy is irrational and unlikely to...