Health Care

In the most conservative state in the U.S., libertarianism can lead in surprising directions.

Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healers.

When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a progressive vision.

As confidence in the C.D.C. wanes, states are asserting more control over their vaccine policies, creating a fragmented public-health system.

A family in Maine moves away in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at restricting access to gender-affirming care for minors.

In February, Marwan Sultan showed me the wrecked hospital where he worked. In July, an Israeli missile killed him.

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for trans children and adults continue to be dismantled at the state level.

The Supreme Court was unlikely to strike down a state ban on some pediatric medical treatments, but the Biden Justice Department’s strategy made it even more improbable.

V.A. insiders describe themselves as miserable—and they worry that the Trump Administration will do long-term damage to the agency.

If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and treatment.

The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order banning transition-related care for minors, hospitals in blue states began cancelling appointments—forcing families in New York and beyond to consider whether even liberal cities are safe.

We see broken systems all around us. At least, we think we do.

The murder of the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. and the reaction it provoked have revived some long-standing debates about health care in the U.S.

Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.

What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.

By drawing data out of tampons and pads, startups hope to shed light on poorly understood diseases.