Health Care

Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards

Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards Inside Ukraine’s Underground Maternity Wards

Four years after Russia invaded, Ukrainian health workers are shoring up maternity care to protect the most vulnerable—and preserve Ukrainian identity.

Feb 11, 2026 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

Protesters at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight

Pretti was one of us. We have to carry on his struggle.

Jan 29, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Striking nurses listen to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on the picket line at Mount Sinai West on January 20, 2026, in New York City.

Nurses Dig In Against New York’s Hospital Giants Nurses Dig In Against New York’s Hospital Giants

As nearly 15,000 nurses’ strike, New York’s biggest hospital systems are trying to roll back hard-won staffing rules and health benefits—even as executive pay soars.

Jan 23, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

Abdul El-Sayed at a town hall during his campaign for Michigan's Senate primary.

Abdul El-Sayed Wants to “Throw Some Righteous Punches” Abdul El-Sayed Wants to “Throw Some Righteous Punches”

As the Democratic Party debates its identity, this progressive primary candidate and doctor is primed for a breakout moment in the race for Michigan’s Senate seat.

Jan 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Heather Chen

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a policy announcement event at the US Department of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2026.

Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids

After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too.

Jan 15, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Mary Bassett, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, speaks during a health department press briefing on August 22, 2022 in New York City.

Harvard’s Ouster of Mary Bassett Is a Revolting Act of Cowardice Harvard’s Ouster of Mary Bassett Is a Revolting Act of Cowardice

The public health icon was brutally removed from her job for one reason: her opposition to genocide in Gaza.

Jan 8, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a Kill the Cuts protest against the Trump administration's funding cuts on research, health, and higher education at the University of California–Los Angeles on April 8, 2025.

The Public Health Heroes of 2025 The Public Health Heroes of 2025

The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.

Dec 19, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care

Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care

We must be vigilant in keeping law enforcement out of exam rooms.

Dec 12, 2025 / Lourdes A. Rivera and Dr. Jamila Perritt

Demonstrators outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender

It's time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.

Dec 9, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Disability rights activists Judy Heumann (1947–2023) (left) and Alice Wong (1974–2025) (center), along with another person, as they talk together at the opening of the San Francisco Main Library’s “Patient No More” exhibit on June 17, 2017.

A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong

Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.

Nov 26, 2025 / Rebecca Cokley

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