Health & Medicine

Analyst News' reporting on health and medicine focuses on advancing wellbeing through equitable, humane and effective medical treatment. Our coverage includes health care corporatization; discussions of end-of-life and palliative care; models for health care reform; medical ethics and bioethics; medical debt; abortion, assisted dying and other health-related public policy; social prescribing, narrative medicine and other alternative medical models emerging around the world; and more.

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Cover Image for Fury at America’s health care system is boiling over. Doctors must take the lead and push for reform.

Fury at America’s health care system is boiling over. Doctors must take the lead and push for reform.

Cover Image for How one urban beekeeper is helping heal her neighborhood

How one urban beekeeper is helping heal her neighborhood

Cover Image for Patients facing serious illness deserve relief from their pain. But millions in the Global South are going without.

Patients facing serious illness deserve relief from their pain. But millions in the Global South are going without.

Cover Image for Extreme abortion bans don’t just hurt women. They’re also bad for babies.

Extreme abortion bans don’t just hurt women. They’re also bad for babies.

Cover Image for ‘They’re all kids, babies’: A Palestinian American doctor is haunted by what he saw in a Gaza hospital

‘They’re all kids, babies’: A Palestinian American doctor is haunted by what he saw in a Gaza hospital

Cover Image for It’s time to take animals’ rights seriously. Our own future depends on it.

It’s time to take animals’ rights seriously. Our own future depends on it.

Cover Image for The Alabama IVF decision claims to be rooted in Christian theology — but the ruling gets that theology all wrong

The Alabama IVF decision claims to be rooted in Christian theology — but the ruling gets that theology all wrong

Cover Image for Plagiarism, paper mills and profit: These scientists are fighting the epidemic of fraudulent science research

Plagiarism, paper mills and profit: These scientists are fighting the epidemic of fraudulent science research

Cover Image for When my 9-year-old daughter died, organ donation turned our family’s trauma into triumph

When my 9-year-old daughter died, organ donation turned our family’s trauma into triumph

Cover Image for Nine ways to be a happier person — according to science

Nine ways to be a happier person — according to science

Cover Image for Is fast fashion making us sick?

Is fast fashion making us sick?

Cover Image for The pandemic spurred widespread depression and mental health crises. Did faith help?

The pandemic spurred widespread depression and mental health crises. Did faith help?

Cover Image for How Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family profited off deception

How Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family profited off deception

Cover Image for Social connection, nature and the arts — just what the doctor ordered

Social connection, nature and the arts — just what the doctor ordered

Cover Image for Supporting women in medicine isn’t simply about diversity — it’s a matter of life and death

Supporting women in medicine isn’t simply about diversity — it’s a matter of life and death

Cover Image for Euthanizing the vulnerable? Inside Canada’s debate to expand physician-assisted suicide

Euthanizing the vulnerable? Inside Canada’s debate to expand physician-assisted suicide

Cover Image for Is forced mental health treatment for homeless communities the best we can do?

Is forced mental health treatment for homeless communities the best we can do?