Health Care
The New Yorker Documentary
Flipping the Script on Trans Medical Encounters
Noah Schamus and Brit Fryer’s short film offers a vision of how physicians and trans patients can meet one another on equal footing.
Annals of Medicine
The Argument Over a Long-Standing Autism Intervention
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy has a troubling history, and even many supporters say it was used too widely in the past. But has criticism of the practice gone too far?
Q. & A.
A Pediatrician’s Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza
No space, no supplies, and harrowing life-and-death decisions.
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Under Review
The Abortion Provider Who Became the Most Hated Woman in New York
In nineteenth-century New York, abortion was shrouded in secrecy and stigma. But, for Madame Restell, there was no such thing as bad press.
Screening Room
Class, Care, and Transitions in “Nauha”
In Pratham Khurana’s short film, about a young man working as a home health aide, resentment and tenderness exist side by side.
The Weekend Essay
The Hidden Harms of CPR
The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?
The Front Row
Like a Political X-Ray, “Our Body” Exposes the Intrusions of Law in Medicine
Claire Simon’s documentary about a Paris women’s hospital highlights the boundary between the regulations that govern people’s lives and the lives people actually lead.
Annals of Medicine
Reinventing the E.R. for America’s Mental-Health Crisis
EmPATH units are advancing a radically new approach to psychiatric emergencies. It seems to be working.
The Political Scene Podcast
A Year of Change for a North Dakota Abortion Clinic
After the Dobbs decision that reversed Roe v. Wade, North Dakota and thirteen other states banned most abortions. Emily Witt visits one clinic that managed to move across state lines.
Page-Turner
The Case That Being Poor and Black Is Bad for Your Health
The public-health professor Arline T. Geronimus has spent a forty-year career researching how inequality takes a “weathering” toll on the body.
Photo Booth
The Debt-Ceiling Fight’s Collateral Damage
Last week, dozens of members of ADAPT, the disability-rights group, forced their way into Kevin McCarthy’s office to protest his proposed cuts to the social safety net.
The Weekend Essay
The Curious Side Effects of Medical Transparency
When we peer into our patient portals, we don’t always see ourselves more clearly.
Q. & A.
The Disastrous Potential of the Texas Abortion-Pill Ruling
A nationwide ban on mifepristone would further erode doctors’ ability to provide—or learn how to provide—lifesaving care.
Annals of Medicine
The Assumptions Doctors Make
Learning to be a physician, I realized over and over again that I was seeing only part of the picture.
Annals of Medicine
The Promise of a New Alzheimer’s Drug
For decades, scientists have debated the causes of cognitive decline. Is an effective treatment finally around the corner?
Letter from the U.K.
On the Picket Lines of Britain’s Shattered National Health Service
The N.H.S. is the country’s pride. But rolling strikes reveal a system in the midst of collapse.
Personal History
Nobody Has My Condition But Me
Medical researchers find my genetic mutation endlessly fascinating. But being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient.
Annals of Medicine
Could Ultrasound Replace the Stethoscope?
Miniaturization, experimentation, and A.I. have unlocked revolutionary potential in an old technology.
Daily Comment
A Hotter Planet Takes Another Toll on Human Health
A new hypothesis about heat waves, redlining, and kidney stones.
Annals of Medicine
The Post-COVID “Immunity Gap” Continues to Pummel Pediatric Wards
While hospitals struggle to find room for young patients, parents have few options for O.T.C. medicines to soothe their sick children.