Public health surveillance for infectious disease provides a model for a mandatory reporting policy for human trafficking, which poses risks for survivors.

Specific contributions to a scientific article entitle the contributor to be included as an author; requests for authorship by those who have not made those specific contributions are unethical.

The bias for publishing positive clinical-research results can cause physicians to question journal articles as dependable sources of product information.

The percentages of women who have published in academic medical journals over the last 3 decades continues to grow.

Vaccination rates among adolescents and young adults, for whom the risk of infection is greatest, remain lower than was true for other vaccines in their first years. And vaccination rates among males is extremely low.

Physicians are encouraged to resist the temptation to allow their personal lifestyle beliefs to affect the treatment that they give to patients.

Physicians are encouraged to resist the temptation to allow their personal lifestyle beliefs to affect the treatment that they give to patients.

A physician explains the human papillomavirus vaccine and guidelines for its use.