Health Care

Too many hospice providers in the U.S. are run by private equity and for-profit corporations. A lack of regulation allows them to provide abysmal end-of-life care

The wealthiest person on Earth has taken the next step toward a commercial brain interface

Throughout the world, the number of relatives that people have may dramatically shrink by 2095, which could change care for children and aging people

Researchers calculated the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in states where abortion was banned throughout pregnancy after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision

Harvard researchers found that most doctors and nurses who took a course in community organizing believed they could help combat climate change’s negative impacts on health

Obstetric fistula is almost entirely preventable yet flourishes in places where health care is inaccessible for too many women

The body mass index is flawed, and medicine now has better options to measure obesity

After COVID devastated Kenya, oxygen prices began to skyrocket, causing people to lose their life. Ruth Wambui, a nurse-entrepreneur, set out to bridge the oxygen gap in the country.

The colors of lines on COVID tests can show whether you’re getting healthy or staying sick—if they’re interpreted the right way

Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected

The Israel-Hamas war has disrupted hospitals’ access to electricity, fuel and medicine. A physician from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières explains why health care is so vulnerable during war

Access to pediatric COVID vaccines has been hampered by a shortage of doses, higher costs to providers and parental skepticism