Health Care

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

Physician Uché Blackstock talks about her experience of the huge health disparities faced by Black Americans in her new book Legacy

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir, which has not been approved outside of Japan, shortens sensory problems

Maria Smilios’ new book The Black Angels chronicles the history of the nurses of Sea View Hospital and the cure for tuberculosis

Insurance plans could cover blockbuster weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Ozempic, but the benefits may not be accessible to everyone

Human scent signatures could one day be collected at places like crime scenes and COVID testing sites