The Covid pandemic certainly took a toll on health care professionals, but the root cause of their frustration and exhaustion is much deeper.

Covid-19 accelerated the trend of pediatric unit closures. Now many children and their families are struggling to find care.

Those of us who work in hospitals see firsthand the carnage wrought by guns. But as the recent mass shooting at a Tulsa hospital shows, we’re also often the victims of violence.

The massive government interventions that buffered Covid-19’s ravages are fading away, returning us to an unacceptable status quo.

Thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade. How safe are they?

A major health system, ThedaCare, argued in court that its workers were so essential they couldn’t leave.

A strike at St. Vincent Hospital ended this week with a big win for nurses, who had complained of dangerous patient-to-staff ratios.

Hospital cost-cutting and systematic devaluation of nurses’ labor has been going on for decades.

Rather than force hospitals to be up front with patients about their costs, we should strip them of the power to set them.

A labor fight at Saint Vincent Hospital in Massachusetts reveals how massive health systems use weak religious affiliations as cover for toxic practices, from unions to reproductive health.

The president was sick—but strong! Actively infectious—but still man enough to debate!

His plan to help with hospital charges is poorly designed. But even a well-crafted plan would have been no match for our inept health care system.

Small-ball innovations like telemedicine expansion can’t patch a system that’s set up to fail.

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the frail and unequal nature of our public health system. It doesn’t have to be this way.

A journey into the desperate world of ordinary citizens trying to get personal protective equipment to health care workers—against hospitals’ wishes

Amid a shortage of ventilators, some are arguing these machines might not even be needed. That’s a vast oversimplification.

New York doesn’t have a density problem. It has an austerity problem.

Was the United States ever prepared for a pandemic?

The most vulnerable Americans are being dunned into destitution through surprise fees and fraudulent practices.

Can a New Mexico oncologist succeed in breaking up the state's biggest health care provider?