Care
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News
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Get Mentally Ill People the Help They Need
A few weeks before Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York would begin a big push to involuntarily hospitalize severely…
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World
One Day With an Ambulance in Britain: Long Waits, Rising Frustration
Britain is experiencing a crisis in ambulance response times, part of a broader breakdown in the country’s revered National Health…
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US
Military Plans New $435 Million Health Facility at Guantánamo Bay
The plan to replace the base hospital envisions a prison still in operation at the base and reduced health care…
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World
A Brooklyn Hospital Network Battles a Cyberattack
For nearly two months, medical professionals have been using pen and paper as experts work to get the facilities fully…
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News
Anthony Fauci: A Message to the Next Generation of Scientists
Although I hesitate to use the hackneyed expression “It seems like just yesterday,” it does feel that way as I…
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News
I’m an N.Y.C. Paramedic. I’ve Never Witnessed a Mental Health Crisis Like This One.
There are New Yorkers who rant on street corners and slump on sidewalks beside overloaded pushcarts. They can be friendly…
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Magazine
I’m Having an Operation to Lose Weight. Do I Have to Tell People?
Early next year, I will have bariatric surgery. My surgeon has told me that my initial weight loss will be…
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News
What Does the New Congress Mean for Family Policy?
Now that the dust has (nearly) settled on the 2022 midterm elections and Republicans are preparing to take control of…
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Food
Flu and R.S.V. Hit the Holidays, Heightening Demand for Antibiotics and Antivirals
Amoxicillin, an antibiotic commonly prescribed for children with ear infections, bronchitis and strep throat, is in short supply across the…
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Food
What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?
Late last month, Raymond Johnson, 83, began feeling short of breath. “It was difficult just getting around,” he recently recalled…