Medical
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News
What Happened to Kate Cox Is Tragic, and Completely Expected
Many people were shocked when the Texas Supreme Court intervened recently to stop Kate Cox from getting an abortion in…
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News
A Texas Case Shows That Abortion Ban Exemptions Are a Sham
This essay has been updated to reflect news developments. Soon after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year,…
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World
How International Law Views Military Action at a Hospital
The Israeli military has seized the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa. Israel says it needed to capture the hospital, in…
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Food
Doctors Wrestle With A.I. in Patient Care, Citing Lax Oversight
The F.D.A. has approved many new programs that use artificial intelligence, but doctors are skeptical that the tools really improve…
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Food
How Aid in Dying Became Medical, Not Moral
The debate over aid in dying still rages in the language that medicine and the media use to describe the…
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Food
In Global Conflict Zones, Hospitals and Doctors Are No Longer Spared
Over the last two decades, medical facilities and staff have become casualties of war more frequently, in violation of international…
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Food
Mary Lou Retton Crowdfunded Her Medical Debt, Like Many Thousands of Others
But unlike the Olympic gymnast, most people don’t raise enough money to cover their costs.
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News
Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken
We have become fluent in the new language of pharmacology, diabetes, and weight loss. Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are part…
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News
Abortion Bans by Any Other Name Are Still Abortion Bans
In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out constantly changing talking points and…
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Travel
Help! I Fell in Sicily and my Travel Insurance Ditched Me
Badly hurt, a 68-year-old solo traveler expected her insurer to coordinate her care, provide much-needed translation services and then return…