Kelly Leonard, executive director of insights and applied improvisation at Second City Works, relates how improvisation can help clinicians build relationships with patients and improve their outcomes.

Dr Olivia Kates talks about appropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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.

Physicians should be aware of the level of emotional distress and suffering that a patient is experiencing as a result of his or her illness and incorporate that into the patient's treatment plan.

Physicians should go beyond basic medical diagnosis and treatment to offer support to families about the gamut of social and emotional issues that are involved with caring for a severely disabled child.