The United States spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in the world. For example, a medical procedure ...

Far from providing peace to terminal patients, assisted suicide laws are often used by government-run healthcare systems to ...

U.S. healthcare is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians.

Other countries show us that alternatives are possible. Systems in Germany, France and Canada vary widely in structure, but all prioritize universal access and transparency.

Missing in debates about free trade and tariffs is discussion both about the movement of people between countries, and the challenge of not having a credible unit of account to facilitate trade.

A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why her mother couldn't afford insulin without insurance, despite having a full-time job. I told her what I've come to believe: ...

Meanwhile, cultural attitudes around concepts like “rugged individualism” and “freedom of choice” have long been deployed to ...

Despite the popularity of generic and biosimilar drugs in Europe—the latter of which have struggled to catch on in the ...

Generative AI chatbot for doctors called 'Prof. Valmed' earns E.U. approval. In the U.S., FDA is yet to issue guidelines on ...

A new study by investigators from Europe, including the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK), has shed light on ...

Europe’s wide productivity gap warrants a closer look. My colleagues recently examined the performance of European companies with the potential to become macroeconomic growth engines—established ...

The largest diphtheria outbreak to strike Western Europe in 70 years has been affecting vulnerable people such as migrants and the homeless since 2022, new research said Wednesday.