Hospitals

It’s as if the show’s creators absorbed every important conversation in health care today—and somehow transfigured it into good television.

I spent months limiting my movement, to protect a high-risk pregnancy. How did it change me?

As a doctor at Al-Aqsa Hospital, I saw what a collapse in the ceasefire could mean—and what can happen when a patient is given a chance.

Max’s new medical drama puts the daily grind of a resource-strapped E.R. on full display. At a time when Americans are angrier at the health-care system than ever, is the genre changing to meet the moment?

The hectic medical drama, now streaming on Max, is a throwback to a different era of television—and a counterintuitive comfort watch.

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.

A medical technology can keep people alive when they otherwise would have died. Where will it lead?

Mohamed Hwaihi and Ruba Al Kurd, both doctors, have had to balance their duty to patients and their desire to protect their children.

No space, no supplies, and harrowing life-and-death decisions.

The human body is a remarkably effective cooling machine—but it has a limit.

EmPATH units are advancing a radically new approach to psychiatric emergencies. It seems to be working.

The author discusses “Maintenance, Hvidovre,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.

Fearing legal repercussions, doctors in Texas say they are risking grave patient harm to comply with new abortion restrictions.

The Danish director’s new installation of his sci-fi hospital soap opera “The Kingdom” arrives in conjunction with unfortunate medical news of his own.

We wanted to have never heard of them, but then we wanted them here.

How Ecuador’s largest city endured one of the world’s most lethal outbreaks of COVID-19.

The main problem is not pediatric coronavirus infections—it’s staff shortages.

Omicron may be less dangerous on an individual level, but hospitals are still overwhelmed, with dire ripple effects.

From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about the crucial role that hospitals and health workers continue to occupy in our lives.

As unvaccinated patients overwhelm hospitals, health-care workers are being pushed to the edge.