Torie Bosch

@thekibosch.bsky.social

Opinion editor at STAT. Send your conversation-starting medicine/life sciences opinion pieces my way! https://www.statnews.com/first-opinion-submission

“On Friday, during the 25th anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center, organizers will add a new moment of silence. It will honor those who died not on Sept. 11, 2001, but in the years that followed from illnesses linked to their exposure at ground zero.”

I’m a thoracic surgeon in New York City. For many of my patients, Sept. 11 is still not over

“For thousands of families, the Sept. 11 attack did not end when the fires were extinguished. It simply changed form,” writes Raja Flores.

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"I’m a reproductive psychiatrist. The Lindsay Clancy trial will cause terrible damage to my field. Rather than prompting a renaissance in treating postpartum mental illness, the trial will make things worse." www.statnews.com/2026/09/01/l...

I’m a reproductive psychiatrist. The Lindsay Clancy trial will cause terrible damage to my field

“The whole of my field has been flattened into a single lazy question: Did the health care system fail her?” writes Jennifer Okwerekwu.

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This is such an affecting, upsetting essay -- by a physician whose suicidal husband could have been helped by an inpatient psychiatric facility, but whose insurance company denied him coverage and had him forcibly discharged www.statnews.com/2026/07/20/p...

My husband’s suicide shows there’s something very wrong with the U.S. insurance industry

“My love for Randy and my professional experience were not enough to save him,” a physician writes about her husband’s suicide.

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Senators could write "legislative advance directives ... before the start of each term. In these directives, they would lay out the circumstances under which they would considering resigning," medical ethicist Joseph J. Finns wrote in a 2023 @statnews.com First Opinion.

This week, on the @statnews.com First Opinion Podcast, I talked to the one and only Dr. Glaucomflecken about his advocacy around PeaceHealth in Eugene, Oregon, which sought to replace community-based ER physicians. www.statnews.com/2026/05/06/d...

Dr. Glaucomflecken wants to make a stink

“They don’t want this kind of scrutiny”: Why Dr. Glaucomflecken is getting involved in protests over an Oregon hospital system’s emergency department.

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The @statnews.com First Opinion Podcast is back! This season, we're examining the intersection of culture and medicine, starting with a timely and provocative argument: Sports betting is creating a new public health crisis: www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/s...

How sports betting is hooking some young men

Not everyone who uses sports betting apps will get in trouble — but with so many people taking part, even a small percentage represents a big problem.

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@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’

A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling

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Putting out a periodic call: I really want to publish pieces about the veterinary pharmaceutical biz on STAT's opinion section. If you have ideas, reach out: first.opinion@statnews.com

“I wish we could have spared him from seeing that": Bill Foege helped eradicate smallpox, inspired generations of public health leaders--and watched the rise of the anti-vaccination movement. @helenbranswell.bsky.social wrote a moving remembrance www.statnews.com/2026/01/25/w...

Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89

‘I wish we could have spared him from seeing that’: Friends of Bill Foege on his legacy, and his anger over anti-vaccination.

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My 12-year-old niece just texted me out of the blue to ask me about the Backstreet Boys fan fiction I wrote when I was 14-16. Naturally I now a) have to go lie down and b) strongly believe no one should have a phone until they are 25. Oh and c) my brother/her father continues to ruin my life