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What is Narcan? The opioid overdose spray, explained.

By Dylan Scott March 31

The lawsuit that threatens everything from cancer screenings to birth control, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 30

Never pay a medical bill without asking these questions first

By Allie Volpe March 30

What would it mean to treat guns the way we treat cars?

By Muizz Akhtar March 27

Thanks, Obama! The hilarious reason why a judge just blocked Wyoming’s abortion ban.

By Ian Millhiser March 23

How the US can stop the spread of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus

By Nicole Narea March 23

Wyoming banned the abortion pill. Some states are trying to go even further.

By Ellen Ioanes March 19

Why 70 percent of the world’s maternal deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa

By Rachel DuRose March 17

Medicare is being privatized right before our eyes

By Dylan Scott March 17

The knowns — and known unknowns — of long Covid, explained

By Dylan Scott March 13

No one knows when it is legal to perform medically necessary abortions in Texas

By Ian Millhiser March 12

Biden’s budget goes all in on protecting Medicare. Just how much danger is it in?

By Dylan Scott March 9

The campaign to make insulin less expensive just scored a major victory

By Dylan Scott March 1

The pay gap between hospital CEOs and nurses is expanding even faster than we thought

By Dylan Scott February 24

Yes, the Ohio train wreck is an environmental disaster. No, it’s not Chernobyl.

By Benji Jones February 18

The radical proposal to let Medicare and Social Security lapse, explained

By Dylan Scott February 17

Why you know the names of tons of medicines you’ll never need

By Emily Stewart February 9

Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own.

By Dylan Scott February 7

Can you get bird flu?

By Keren Landman and Benji Jones February 6

What an abortion hotline reveals about reproductive care after Roe

By Marin Cogan and Victoria Chamberlin February 6

Biden is ending the Covid public health emergency. Here’s what that means for you.

By Dylan Scott February 1

Believe it or not, we are not going to be sick forever

By Dylan Scott January 27

The coming legal showdown over abortion pills

By Ian Millhiser January 22

Dobbs didn’t end the anti-abortion movement

By Ellen Ioanes January 21

Were bivalent boosters worth it?

By Keren Landman January 20

When hospitals merge, patients suffer

By Dylan Scott January 20

What “choice” means for millions of women post-Roe

By Marin Cogan January 20

Kansas voters sided with abortion rights in August. Republicans don’t care.

By Nicole Narea January 17

Congress’s bipartisan deal to spend billions more fighting HIV and malaria abroad

By Dylan Matthews January 13

A worrisome trend in American hospitals is hurting poor patients

By Dylan Scott January 13

Virginia Democrats are fighting for a razor-thin edge on abortion rights

By Nicole Narea January 11

The real reason 7,000 nurses in New York City have gone on strike

By Dylan Scott January 11

The new front in the right’s war on abortion

By Rachel M. Cohen January 9

The FDA could soon approve a new Alzheimer’s drug. Does this one actually work?

By Dylan Scott January 6

Why we can’t turn off the NFL

By Dylan Scott January 5

The medical system has failed Black Americans for centuries. Could reparations be the answer?

By Julia Craven and Margo Snipe December 30, 2022

2022 was the worst for many US hospitals. The aftershocks will last for years.

By Dylan Scott December 29, 2022

One public health lesson from 2022 worth remembering

By Keren Landman December 28, 2022

Great news for germs

By Keren Landman December 23, 2022

Why are American lives getting shorter?

By Siobhan McDonough December 22, 2022