Health Care

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at anti-vaccine rally

Why Are So Many People Dying? Reaping the Anti-Vaxx Whirlwind. Why Are So Many People Dying? Reaping the Anti-Vaxx Whirlwind.

Though it was GOP politicians who first came for the Covid vaccines, not all vaccine resistance is partisan—or political.

Jan 6, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death

Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death

The GOP is refusing to fund government programs that help people avoid getting Covid. And the uninsured will suffer the most.

Jan 6, 2023 / Bryce Covert

Boxes of the drug mifepristone

Biden & Co. Are Finally Bringing Some Firepower to the Abortion Fight Biden & Co. Are Finally Bringing Some Firepower to the Abortion Fight

With two small but significant moves, the Biden administration has made abortion pills more widely available. 

Jan 5, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Charles Miller, 90, prepares the daily pills his wife needs in early 2020.

It’s Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam It’s Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam

It is long past time for Congress to give consumers better information about their health care options.

Dec 9, 2022 / Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Wendell Potter

A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic

A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic

New forms of PrEP to prevent HIV, like injectable CAB-LA, are coming. Public health officials hope they’ll help South Africa’s young women, one of the most impacted groups in the w...

Dec 1, 2022 / Photo Essay / Shane Burke

Harvard Abortion Protest

Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified

Across the country, Gen Z and millennial voters prioritized abortion during the 2022 midterm elections. Will their historic turnout be rewarded?

Nov 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Zoe Sharif

Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism

Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism

She talked to The Nation about capitalism's evolutions and what the left can do to better prepare for the next political crisis.

Nov 29, 2022 / Q&A / Rhoda Feng

When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary

When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary

The health care system often neglects women and people with uteruses. For those who suffer from invisible diseases, informing oneself can be life-saving work.

Nov 28, 2022 / Kate Shannon Jenkins

No One Can Take Away Our Joy

No One Can Take Away Our Joy No One Can Take Away Our Joy

Across time and place, and amid grueling violence, trans people love and care for our own.

Nov 25, 2022 / Chase Strangio

Activists stand in the background as Joe Biden delivers a speech

Be Careful What You Work For: The GOP’s Abortion Woes Are Just Starting Be Careful What You Work For: The GOP’s Abortion Woes Are Just Starting

The midterms open a future in which reproductive freedom will remake politics.

Nov 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer

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