Feature Cambodia’s new path for prosthetic care As donor aid lags, the country aims to take over rehabilitation services.
Opinion Can nurse practitioners solve the primary care shortage? Without enough doctors, the U.S. needs other avenues of access.
Feature The children of Flint, ten years later They’ll live with the consequences of the water crisis all their lives. They’re angry, but also hopeful. And they’ve been a rallying point for the city.
Book Practicing an “insurgent politics of care” in rural America How rural residents and immigrant communities are adapting to the broken rural health landscape on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Book What we can learn from “The Wisdom of Plagues” Donald McNeil Jr.’s book holds contradictions and misdirected anger. Therein lies its best lesson on pandemics.
Opinion Hospitals can better help suicidal teens in the emergency room A promising model of care gives patients and their parents skills for coping with crisis.
Opinion Why public health should attend to the spiritual side of life Research suggests weekly service attendance is associated with better health.
Ideas Filling a gap in mental health care for Minnesota’s migrant workers A program called “Bienvenido” aims to provide support for rural Latino workers who are isolated and far from home.
Feature Palliative care could be a game changer for public health California and Hawaii are pioneering ways to expand access.
Ideas A place for Indian women to do… nothing Namma Katte (“Our Space”) connects mental health, art, and public spaces.
Opinion Giving caregivers the tools to cope The PEARLS program tackles seniors’ burnout with problem-solving.
Research Microplastics, strokes, and heart attacks A new study found plastic particles in the arterial plaque of more than half the participants, raising their risk of serious health events.
Extra Resilience in a Moroccan oasis Photographer M’hammed Kilito captures climate change in a fragile ecosystem.
Book A toxin that won’t quit Jim Morris’s new book chronicles failures to protect workers at every level of the system.
Ideas As AI-based eye exams prove their worth, lessons for future tech emerge Implementation is tricky, but the tech can have big benefits for both patients and providers.
From the editor Lake Nona forum spotlights the future of health AI in health care, the perils of processed foods and other advances, and more from an invite-only confab
Ideas Three ways AI is improving public health Tackling maternal mortality, superbugs, and colorectal cancer