Doctor

Dr. Maud Braun-Reys, left, a dental surgeon in Obernai, France, posted an image on Facebook of herself naked in her office along with her father, Dr. Daniel Reys, also a dentist, to protest the lack of PPE.

French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear

Coronavirus Art

Dozens of French dentists have taken pictures of themselves naked in their offices and posting the photos online with the hashtag #dentisteapoil — or, dentists in the buff. The dentists aim to show how vulnerable they feel seeing patients without enough protective gear as lockdowns lift.

Hospital

Borders or bans can’t stop me from being a Muslim doctor

Culture
Civil defense members carry a casualty after an airstrike in the rebel held area of al-Sukari in Aleppo.

A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo

Conflict
A polio worker gives polio vaccine drops to a child in Islamabad. Pakistan is also the only polio-endemic country in the world where polio cases rose from 2012 to 2013.

What’s stopping some Pakistani parents from letting their children be vaccinated?

Health & Medicine
Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack Thursday in the town of Tuz Khurmatu, 106 miles north of Baghdad. Four civilians were killed and 27 others were wounded in the attack, police sources said.

One Iraqi doctor calls it quits

Health & Medicine

Medical school with more humanity

Health & Medicine

A top medical school is allowing students to avoid dreaded obstacles to becoming a doctor, including organic chemistry and the MCAT.

Building a Better Limb

This week, the people of Boston were faced with great tragedy. But if tragedy had to happen anywhere, the city proved that, perhap, there was no place more prepared to handle it. From surgeons and investigators to ordinary citizens, Boston rallied. And they continue to rally. Students have organized fundraisers. Restaurant staff have volunteered their […]

The World

Playing Doctor

Arts, Culture & Media

Television drama has created the impression of an ideal world where decisions in hospitals are made quickly and cost is never an issue. It directly affects our expectations for treatment.

The World

Playing Doctor

Global Politics

Television drama has created the impression of an ideal world where decisions in hospitals are made quickly and cost is never an issue. It directly affects our expectations for treatment, according to Billy Goldberg, an emergency-room physician, and Joseph Turow, the author of Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling and Medical Power. Produced by Eric Molinsky.

The World

One med school, hold the pre-med

Health & Medicine

We discuss this unique med school program with the dean for medical education at Mt. Sinai Medical School, Dr. David Muller, along with Kate Pier, a second year medical student who applied through the Humanities and Medicine program.