Health

For millions of Americans, the arrival of spring is signaled not by blooming flowers, but by a familiar, frustrating ritual: the frantic search for a box … Read more

In the crowded wards of Dhaka’s government hospitals, the air is heavy with the sound of hacking coughs and the frantic energy of overburdened medical staff. … Read more

For many women entering recovery from substance use disorders, the journey toward sobriety is often shadowed by a secondary, quieter anxiety: the fear of weight gain. … Read more

The pressure to maintain a specific silhouette has long been the silent engine of the fashion industry, but the tools used to achieve that ideal are … Read more

For most patients, the experience of general anesthesia is a clean break—a sudden blink, and then an immediate arrival in the recovery room. We describe it … Read more

For decades, the administrative backbone of obstetric care has relied on a “bundled” approach to billing—a system where prenatal visits, labor and delivery, and postpartum care … Read more

In the quiet, rural stretches of Ontario’s Grey Bruce region, a couple is living through a grueling 45-day countdown. They are not under arrest, nor are … Read more

Global health officials are scrambling to establish containment protocols as a cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak makes its way toward Tenerife. The situation has triggered … Read more

The legal battle over the detention of two foreign humanitarian activists has intensified in an Israeli courtroom, raising urgent questions about the boundaries of international maritime … Read more

In the densely packed neighborhoods of Karachi, the fight to eliminate polio is no longer just a medical challenge—it is a psychological one. While the city … Read more