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Illustration by Vartika Sharma for The Atlantic Ozempic or Bust
America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new “solution” has failed to live up to its early promise.
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Illustration by Timo Lenzen Hypochondria Never Dies
The diagnosis is officially gone, but health anxiety is everywhere.
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Fumi Nagasaka for The Atlantic The Cystic-Fibrosis Breakthrough That Changed Everything
The disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now?
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Libkos / Getty Volunteer Veterinarians in Ukraine
A group of volunteer veterinarians visits a small village near the front line in Ukraine.
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Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post / … Telehealth Is Filling Gaps in Sexual-Assault Care
Without it, some survivors would have to drive hours to access expert nurses.
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NoonVirachada / Getty A Mysterious Syndrome Can Strike Decades After Polio
As the number of polio doctors dwindles, the disease’s survivors are suffering alone.
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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty The Great Big Medicare Rip-Off
The government is leaving billions of dollars on the table. Here’s how to fix it.
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Getty; The Atlantic What Does a Good Health-Care System Look Like?
Readers share insights from the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia.
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The Atlantic The Future of Monkeypox
As case numbers fall, the outbreak could become entrenched.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Pandemic Broke the Flu ... Again
COVID knocked flu, RSV, and other respiratory diseases out of whack. When will they be back to normal?
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic Do You Really Want to Read What Your Doctor Writes About You?
You’re now allowed to see everything physicians say about you in their notes. It’s complicated.
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Ruben Bonilla Gonzalo / Getty Doctors Are Failing Patients With Disabilities
Decades after the ADA passed, medical care still isn’t accessible.
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The Atlantic Don’t Pay for Cord-Blood Banking
Umbilical blood can be a valuable treatment for rare diseases. But that doesn’t mean you need to pay thousands of dollars to bank your baby’s.
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Doctors Still Struggle to Diagnose a Condition That Kills More Americans Than Stroke
Can computers crack the code of sepsis?
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The Atlantic When’s the Perfect Time to Get a Flu Shot?
Experts can’t agree.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Long COVID Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine’s Most Neglected Diseases
Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients.
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Kevin Faingnaert for The Atlantic Did a Famous Doctor’s COVID Shot Make His Cancer Worse?
A lifelong promoter of vaccines suspects he might be the rare, unfortunate exception.
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Nature Picture Library / Alamy The Fatal Error of an Ancient, HIV-Like Virus
It got too cozy with its host.
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BSIP / Universal Images Group / Getty Would You Be Okay Getting a Doctorless Surgery?
Robots could someday be fully autonomous in operating rooms. Their biggest challenge might have nothing to do with the technology.
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Shah Marai / Getty Polio Is Exploiting a Very Human Weakness
The world has been so close to eradicating polio for so long—which is exactly why the virus is staging a comeback now.
