Opinion: 5 most widely read First Opinion articles of 2020
In a year of crisis and tragedy, 2020 lent itself to an abundance of opinions from writers looking to make the world a better place. First Opinion published nearly 600 essays written by more than 750 authors from the biopharmaceutical industry, academia, government, and private life in the United States and beyond.
The emergence and global spread of a deadly infectious disease that came to be known as Covid-19, and the U.S.’s response to it, was the spark for many essays. But First Opinion authors also tackled other issues, like the ongoing overdose crisis; the use — and possible hazards — of artificial intelligence in health care; the long road to adoption of biosimilars; a patient’s chaos narrative of being “stuck in the tornado of life”; surprise medical bills; the use of CRISPR to edit the genomes of human embryos; and a remembrance of Burton “Bud” Rose, a kidney specialist who created UpToDate, which became the go-to medical resource for clinicians.
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