Health

The Obamacare Repeal Effort Might Finally Be Dead

With Maine Senator Susan Collins announcing her opposition to the health-care bill, Republicans are three votes short of the support they need.

• Russell Berman
• Sep 25, 2017

John McCain Saves Obamacare Once Again

The Arizona Republican announced his opposition to the latest GOP repeal plan, all but certainly giving its critics the votes to block it.

• Russell Berman
• Sep 22, 2017

How Graham-Cassidy Would Affect Women

Regardless of income or childbearing preference, women would feel the impacts of the latest Obamacare-replacement proposal.

• Olga Khazan
• Sep 22, 2017

When Will the Economy Start Caring About Home-Care Work?

One of the fastest-growing occupations has meager pay and benefits—a problem that might become more urgent as the population continues to age.

• Annie Lowrey
• Sep 22, 2017

Love in the Time of Individualism

Two new books explore America’s changing romantic landscape.

• Julie Beck
• Sep 22, 2017

Doctors: No

Physicians rarely agree on anything as strongly as they do that the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill is harmful.

• James Hamblin
• Sep 21, 2017

Providing Abortions in the Deep South

Willie Parker discusses his Christian faith, teen moms, and what’s next for abortion access.

• Olga Khazan
• Sep 21, 2017

How Democrats Gave the GOP One More Chance to Repeal Obamacare

Their debt-ceiling deal with President Trump cleared up a busy congressional calendar and may have removed a big hurdle for Republicans facing a September 30 deadline.

• Russell Berman
• Sep 21, 2017

The Future of Detecting Brain Damage in Football

A new technique could revolutionize how a neurodegenerative disease afflicting contact sports is treated.

• Patrick Hruby
• Sep 21, 2017

The Two Republicans Who Will Likely Determine Obamacare's Fate

A last-minute repeal vote could come down to Senators John McCain and Lisa Murkowski, who opposed the GOP’s most recent proposal in July and are facing competing pressures from their state’s governors.

• Russell Berman
• Sep 19, 2017

Who Gets Health in Old Age? Rich, White People

Access to insurance isn’t erasing race- and class-based health disparities.

• Olga Khazan
• Sep 19, 2017

Groundhog Day for Obamacare Repeal

The GOP is still missing the crucial 50th Senate vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. But a looming deadline is providing new momentum, and the legislation has advanced from no-shot to long-shot.

• Russell Berman
• Sep 18, 2017

How Alternate-Nostril Breathing Works

For the anxiety of letting the world down, a grounding technique

• James Hamblin
• Sep 18, 2017

A New Understanding of Inflammation in the Spine

Research on the mysterious ways that ALS destroys the nervous system highlights the role of the immune system in doing both good and harm.

• James Hamblin
• Sep 15, 2017

How Bacteria Could Protect Tumors From Anticancer Drugs

The success of a treatment might depend on a person’s microbes.

• Ed Yong
• Sep 14, 2017

Melinda Gates on Why Foreign Aid Still Matters

A new report from the Gates Foundation shows the devastating effects of a lapse in funding for global health.

• Olga Khazan
• Sep 13, 2017

The Baffling Rise of Goop

How a new-agey website started by an actress became so popular—and what it says about the future of health journalism

• Olga Khazan
• Sep 12, 2017

The Looming Superfund Nightmare

As unprecedented hurricanes assault coastal U.S. communities, residents and experts fear the storms could unleash contamination the EPA has tried to keep at bay.

• Vann R. Newkirk II
• Sep 12, 2017