Families organize amid government funding cuts into rare disease research

A road race relay where hope is the baton

PEPFAR and the future of the global fight against HIV

Cuban medical missions face scrutiny amid allegations of forced labor

Medical wax museum in Spain showcasing 19th-century diseases is set to close

Here’s what to know about the new COVID variant ‘razor blade throat’

The Guatemalan health workers funded by ABBA’s ‘Chiquitita’

Hamptons hospital adapts fall-prevention classes for aging Spanish-speaking population 

Women in Afghanistan can no longer attend medical institutes

‘We have to care for every soldier, for every civilian’: Ukraine faces major mental health challenges as a result of war trauma  

‘Nowhere in Gaza is safe,’ aid worker says

‘It’s a lifelong injury’: From Gaza to Doha, children bear the scars of war 

‘Life after cancer’: Nigerian survivors challenge taboos, push for better health care 

Aid worker says they can’t operate after 7 World Center Kitchen staffers are killed in Israeli strike

Virginia bill would give alternate licensing path to foreign doctors

‘I want to stand up again’: Wounded Ukrainian veterans on the road to recovery

Why kids struggle with long COVID

Hazy skies over Accra: Harsh harmattan season in Ghana leads to health hazards, poor air quality

Dire conditions in Gaza’s few functioning hospitals, UK doctor says

Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic

‘People are dying’: A popular painkiller in Spain may have killer side effects

‘We’re bracing for what comes after’ the truce, MSF Gaza director says

Spain to compensate thalidomide victims decades later

San Diego doctor says height of the border wall is leading to more injuries from falls

Wounded Ukrainian soldiers start new journeys on prosthetics

Factory that made essential therapeutic food for malnourished children in Sudan burns down

Trash sorters in Ghana face health and safety risks

In Sudan, volunteers step up to help those caught in the crossfire

How a Boston hospital transformed a Ukrainian child’s life

Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says

Fighting between armed forces in Sudan continues amid warnings of wider regional conflict

‘The pandemic is still with us’: The bumpy road to the end of COVID

‘What I really needed was a hug’: Madrid hospice workers make sure the unhoused won’t die alone

‘Red alert for child health’: A nationwide vaccine shortage hits Ghana amid measles outbreak

Three years into the pandemic, mask usage varies from country to country

A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies

Desperate pet owners turn to illegal drug markets to cure a rare cat virus 

‘Winter of discontent’ for UK as nurses begin strike action

Health crisis unfolding in Pakistan even as floodwaters recede 

Study: ‘Magic’ mushrooms show promise for treating severe depression

The war in Ukraine is hampering efforts to stop a polio outbreak

Taiwan reopens its borders after years of COVID controls

What comes after Hydra, the darknet marketplace that changed everything?

People shouldn’t put their guard down when it comes to COVID, Fauci says

‘No more food in my village’: Aid needed to avert a famine in Somalia

‘Every story here is a tragedy’: Lviv hospitals adjust to a drawn-out war 

Why has polio emerged in the US, UK and Israel? A polio eradication expert weighs in.

West African countries adopt new strategies to encourage COVID-19 vaccination  

Sri Lankan doctors say the country can’t survive on donated drugs forever

‘They’re hurting themselves’: In Lebanon, women risk their lives to get an abortion illegally 

Syria’s descent into a narco state

Opinion: Roe v. Wade overturned: Will more Americans travel to Canada and Mexico for abortions?

Mexico’s abortion laws have become more accessible

Kenya’s abortion debate

‘We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg’: Neurologists in Zambia upend understandings of multiple sclerosis in the region

Poland’s ‘pregnancy registry’ will further restrict abortion access, activists say

‘Hope is not a plan’: Dr. Atul Gawande says global COVID funding is dwindling but the crisis continues

This Shanghai writer and translator shares his experience of the city’s 2-month lockdown

‘That news hit us like a bomb’: Asylum-seekers still in limbo after ruling to keep Title 42 intact