Health

In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia alone often fall through the cracks

In her book Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes explores the history of thalidomide’s secret history—and harms—in the U.S.

Hurricane Helene devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 people nationally

How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learning how to suture.

We talk to Cristina Gonzalez, a physician at New York University, who runs a lab that uses simulations to help medical professionals check their implicit bias at the exam room door.

Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm

Fortunately, recognition and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in grown-ups are getting better

This collection shows what works to advance health equity around the world

New formulas, devices and tools are removing historical bias from medical diagnoses

Some of the most inventive changes to health care have started in rural communities around the world

Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world

Health experts share what gives them hope for improving health for all