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Dr. Esther Choo

MSNBC Columnist

Esther Choo, M.D. M.P.H., is an emergency medicine physician, health policy researcher and founding member of Equity Quotient, a company that advises organizations on building cultures of equity. She has provided commentary on the pandemic and other health care topics through appearances on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC and Yahoo! Finance and editorials published in The Lancet, the British Medical Journal, The Washington Post, NBC Think and USA Today.

Esther Choo, M.D. M.P.H., is an emergency medicine physician, health policy researcher and founding member of Equity Quotient, a company that advises organizations on building cultures of equity. She has provided commentary on the pandemic and other health care topics through appearances on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC and Yahoo! Finance and editorials published in The Lancet, the British Medical Journal, The Washington Post, NBC Think and USA Today.

Latest from Dr. Esther Choo

3d ago

As physicians, we're pleading with you to get a little angrier

President Donald Trump dismantling America's public health infrastructure and leaving people vulnerable to deadly diseases ought to make more people angry
20d ago

The Covid pandemic left healthcare workers burned out and demoralized

The erosion of trust in health care and public health professions over the course of the pandemic has left many health care workers demoralized.
66d ago

I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.

Research grants don't just pay for the material and technical resources to conduct a research project. They cover the salary and benefits of the researcher and the staff.
90d ago

2024 was a good year for medical progress. But that alone won’t save us.

Science magazine named lenacapavir its "Breakthrough of the Year" for its remarkable efficacy in preventing HIV infection.
224d ago

Biden’s right that we need new innovations in cancer care. Here’s what we need more.

At Tulane University, President Joe Biden announced the awarding of $150 million for cancer research as part of his touted “Cancer Moonshot.”
341d ago

I’m an E.R. doc. Idaho’s argument to SCOTUS reveals an ignorance of what I do.

Idaho's argument that its abortion ban has an exception if it's necessary to prevent death doesn't jibe with emergency room practices or medical ethics.
417d ago

Past vaccination efforts made us forget how bad measles is. It’s back to remind us.

Covid, disinformation and the rise of personal exemptions are why measles has reappeared in the U.S. after it was wiped out more than 20 years ago.
564d ago

Yes, the new Covid vaccine costs money. Yes, you should get it.

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the latest Covid vaccines, updated to protect against current strains of the coronavirus.
600d ago

'Covid's back on the board,' and ER doctors like me are bracing for an awful fall

Throughout the past month, Covid cases have been ticking back up, and emergency room doctors like me are bracing for an awful fall.
630d ago

The new Alzheimer’s drug is a step forward. But it falls far short of a miracle.

Those losing their loved ones to Alzheimer’s should temper their expectations of new drug Leqembi, which was approved by the FDA last week.
721d ago

Women are far safer with an accessible abortion pill than they are without one

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling that the FDA’s initial approval of mifepristone was unlawful is flawed and dangerous.
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