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Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.
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Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
People will always be skeptical of medical authorities. The authorities shouldn't make things worse by hiding potential conflicts of interest.
Matthew Loftus
The U.S. told persecuted Christians in Iran they could come as refugees. Now they're reneging -- and resettlement of Christian refugees is down overall.
Matthew Loftus
Steve Taylor's brilliant and terrifying music video for "Cash Cow", a song we need now more than ever.
Matthew LoftusCulturearts
Alan Jacobs has a grim prediction for the future of evangelicalism: There will of course continue to be vibrant congregations that define themselves as evangelical, but fewer and fewer as the years go by, I think. Most churches that would […]
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
The story of Jahi McMath illustrates how tenuous the idea of "brain death" really is.
Matthew Loftusash wednesday
Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year, and Barbara McClay has some good thoughts on the matter: If Valentine’s Day is about the incommensurability of feeling and gesture, Ash Wednesday presents us with the ultimate […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
The dirty secret of all electronic medical records (EMRs) is this: they are not primarily designed to help doctors record, review, or share information about their patients. No, they are primarily designed to capture the data necessary to submit bills to […]
Matthew LoftusEconomicsHealth & Medicine
We'd save money if we tried to help prevent asthma attacks rather than just treating them acutely. Why don't we?
Matthew LoftusArt
A short story by Tara Isabella Burton about science, the body, and love.
Matthew LoftusFeaturedSexuality
In part two of his essay on the sexual abuse revelations Matt Loftus discusses what can be done to create a safer public square for women.
Matthew LoftusArt
A lot of kids' entertainment is like Doritos. My Neighbor Totoro is like a fresh strawberry.
Matthew Loftus
Looking at the Ebola epidemic and vaccines as examples of how to better promulgate science by acknowledging its political implications.
