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An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .

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We Knew It Was Coming — We Just Didn't Care

From the Uganda-Congo border: a firsthand account of an Ebola outbreak, a failing response, and the political decisions that made it worse.

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A Ship, a Virus, Nine Countries. And We Weren't There. We Built It, And Then We Broke It.

America built the global health system that protects us all — and then walked away from it.

5 min
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Cut and No Cure - When Doing Nothing Beats Going Under the Knife

What if one of the most common surgeries performed in the world turned out to be no better than a fake one — and we kept doing it anyway?

5 min
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Eight Legs, One Bite, Big Trouble

There's a vaccine for your dog. There isn't one for you. And that's not an accident — it's a scandal.

5 min
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Who Is Qualified to Fix Your Mind?

Millions of Americans need mental health care and can't get it — so should we lower the bar on who gets to provide it?

5 min
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Smarter Than Two Doctors: How AI Could Change Breast Cancer Screening

If AI can outperform two radiologists reading your mammogram, why is it still sitting on the sidelines?

5 min
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The Socialized Medicine We Already Have — And It Works

We've spent decades arguing about whether government-run healthcare could ever work in America — but one system has been quietly proving it can. The answer might surprise you.

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What Happened to Him? Why We Get Trauma—and Care—So Wrong

Our healthcare system often punishes behavior it doesn’t understand—and trauma is at the center of that misunderstanding.

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An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .