How Harris Plans to Make Home Care for Older Relatives Easier
Harris recently proposed a Medicare plan that would cover at-home health aides and other long-term care services, which could provide much needed relief to older adults and caregivers
Hurricane Helene Disrupted Abortion Care in the South
Damage from Hurricane Helene forced the only abortion clinic in western North Carolina to shutter, disrupting health care for pregnant people across a large region
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What Do Societal Beauty Standards Have to Do with Breast Cancer?
An epidemiologist explores a troubling rise in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses and discusses the potential link to chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors.
Hurricane Helene Damage Strains Dialysis Care Nationwide
Hurricane Helene devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 people nationally
Removing Bias from Devices and Diagnostics Can Save Lives
New formulas, devices and tools are removing historical bias from medical diagnoses
Innovations from Rural Communities Are Improving Health Care
Some of the most inventive changes to health care have started in rural communities around the world
What Gives You Hope for Health Equity?
Health experts share what gives them hope for improving health for all
How Health Care Affordability and Access Could Change under Harris or Trump
Both Trump and Harris pledge to make drug prices affordable and health care accessible. Here’s how their policies differ
Abortion and Reproductive Rights Face Starkly Different Futures under Trump and Harris
The presidential candidates have vastly divergent records on and plans for protecting access to reproductive health care, including abortion and IVF
People with PCOS Face Increased Eating Disorder Risks
A study reports higher prevalence of eating disorders among people with polycystic ovary syndrome, regardless of their body mass index.
Was Thalidomide Safe? Frances Oldham Kelsey Was Not Convinced
In the U.S. in the early 1960s the distributor of a thalidomide drug was impatient to get it on the market. But FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey wanted more information to prove its safety
A Global Initiative to Advance Sickle Cell Research Could Benefit Millions
Increased funding and new public health policies for sickle cell research are needed to ease the burden on low-income nations and improve patient care