Health care


United States

RFK junior is half right about American health care

What would have to happen for the anti-vaxxer-in-chief to do more good than harm

Britain

Britain’s vote on assisted dying is just the beginning

There are still plenty of chances to kill the bill

Britain

How to fix palliative care in Britain

A big point of contention in the assisted-dying debate can be resolved fairly easily

Science & technology

AI offers an intriguing new way to diagnose mental-health conditions

Models look for sound patterns undetectable by the human ear

Britain

Should Britons’ health be considered a national asset?

Persuading the Treasury that sickness is anti-growth

By Invitation

Ara Darzi on why antibiotic resistance could be deadlier than cancer

To get on top of the crisis, stop prescriptions without a proper diagnosis, argues the surgeon and politician

By Invitation

Bill Gates on how feeding children properly can transform global health

The stomach influences every aspect of human health, says the philanthropist

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Should euthanasia be allowed for those with mental illnesses? 

Legislators and doctors are struggling to define who should have the right to die

Britain

Funding social care: an international comparison

Lessons for Britain from other countries

Asia

Why is Thai health care so good?

The country could become a model for the region

Britain

The silence of the bedpans

Why is social care barely talked about in Britain’s election?

Science & technology

Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers

Psychiatrists are at long last starting to connect the dots

Leaders

America should follow England’s lead on transgender care for kids

Its approach is neither as harsh as in red states nor as lax as in blue states

Leaders

The AI doctor will see you…eventually

Artificial intelligence holds huge promise in health care. But it also faces massive barriers

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