From “forest bathing” to clinically prescribed time in national parks, a growing medical movement is sending patients back to nature, with remarkable results.

With their heightened sense of touch, visually impaired women are detecting breast cancer in communities where access to health care is sparse.

The free Advanced Illness Care Program helps people with serious illnesses and their caregivers navigate “living wills.”

“Recovery schools” blend typical high school curriculums with addiction treatment, leading to higher rates of attendance, graduation and sobriety.

Covid transformed cities, jobs, even entertainment in ways that seem to be ever more permanent — and in some cases, made the world a better place.

With “gratitude necklaces” and “gardens of emotions,” mental wellbeing classes help young people with anxiety and confidence.

As housing for senior citizens moves onto college campuses, two generations separated by 50 years are connecting in profound ways that benefit both.

Abuse survivors can call helplines to stop the violence. Now abusers can, too.

From hotlines to home visits, these organizations offer a helping hand when overwhelmed parents need it most.

For nearly a month, 30 strangers locked down together to test the first major update to the polio vaccines in decades.

Utah, Virginia and Washington allow people to ban themselves from impulsively buying a gun. Many more states could follow their lead.

Hospitals sell their patients’ debt to collection agencies for pennies on the dollar. RIP Medical Debt buys it up — just to forget all about it.

While other cities wait for their newly planted trees to grow, the Israeli city is updating an age-old cooling method for the 21st century.

As much of Nigeria struggles to contain a polio outbreak, traditional leaders in Cross River have made sure their local constituents embrace the vaccine.

Health care employees face higher rates of violence than any other type of worker. Now, a wearable button that summons help is stopping attacks before they happen.

Inside the incredible science of using music to restore the memories of people with dementia.

As wildfires increase in intensity and frequency, a Canadian initiative is protecting the mental health of those on the front lines.

Society has come a long way in expecting men to share reproductive responsibility, but those who could benefit most might not get access.

A Black skin health company is giving dermatologists and patients the medical information they need. Their next step? Training the bias out of medical AI.

As alcohol consumption surges, groundbreaking new experiments are showing the vast potential of psilocybin to treat addiction.

New technology is intervening in the moments where speed matters more than anything. Welcome to the future of emergency medicine.

How a science that now saves countless lives started with dairymaids who never got smallpox.

As days get hotter, new forms of architecture are ensuring home-based workers can stay comfortably productive.

The same A.I. technology that runs Jason Barnes’ prosthetic arm can teach people how to read Braille or play the piano in a matter of hours.

Your pet’s “carbon paw print” is bigger than you think. Cutting animal products from their diet may be the quickest way to change that.

India has saved the eyesight of thousands of infants by creating a system that allows non-physicians to screen for a rare eye disease.

If you have a phone, you can be one of the 5.4 million volunteers who help the visually impaired with their daily tasks.

High vaccination rates, broad health coverage and bipartisan cooperation protected a city that initially looked vulnerable.

New Zealand is offering paid leave to women who miscarry — not just to grieve, but to fight discrimination.

Some patients are undergoing difficult procedures while surrounded by fluffy bouncing bears and winter wonderlands.

Ice-chilled, powered by the sun and cold for weeks without electricity, the future of refrigeration is here — and just in time.

After a 70-year effort China has eradicated malaria. Could other countries replicate their success?

A nonprofit is making sure that when patients get discharged, those caring for them know what they’re doing.

“I call it a ‘do-what-you-can day’ — stay at home, take it easy, cancel all your appointments, or come in and work as usual.”

When musician Yoko Sen ended up in the hospital, she was overwhelmed by the cacophony of noise. What if all those beeps and alarms could sound like music instead?

By minimizing wasted time, companies are increasing productivity — and workers are going home before lunch.

In India, an elegantly simple system ensures pills don’t get flushed when others can use them.

In an era of decriminalization, a proposal to phase in a total ban has some harm-reduction advocates scratching their heads.

The rarely discussed condition that forces women to scale back their careers is finally getting the equity treatment.

When an affluent California city erected temporary shelters in a public parking lot, angry residents revolted — and then they got involved.

Where isolation is an official policy, alleviating it is becoming one, too.

A full-service facility run by the people who need it offers hot water, laundry, medical care — and legitimization.

From veterinarian vaccinators to pop-up sites at mosques, here are some of the methods making the vaccine campaign more effective and equitable.

Not every call to the police requires an armed response. Now, a more compassionate alternative is catching on.

Facing racial violence and Covid-19, some congregations are putting their faith in psychology.

A no-waste, no-cost solution — endorsed by everyone from hunters to PETA — is finally going mainstream.

In “small house” elder-care facilities, family-sized groups of residents are thriving. The virus is not.

An industry that often celebrates pushing through the pain is turning its focus to mental health.

In our latest “Bridging Divides” video, a crash course in reaching out to those who feel furthest away.

As the pandemic makes supermarkets a no-go zone for some, cities are writing prescriptions for free fruits and vegetables, delivered right to residents’ doors.

The city is pinpointing residents who are on the verge of losing their homes and getting them help before it happens.

Patients involved in violence may find a pink-shirted “Navigator” at their bedside, gently asking what led to the incident — and how they can help.

Populated by seasonal laborers, Oregon’s Willamette Valley could have been devastated by the coronavirus. Instead, it’s become a model for how to keep workers safe.

In an effort to make its prisons more than punitive, Washington D.C. has begun offering cognitive behavioral therapy to incarcerated individuals.

After we featured a list of places beating the coronavirus, many of you wrote in with your own countries’ success stories. Here are five you said we shouldn’t miss.

While success stories like Germany and South Korea are rightly hailed, some of the most effective responses are in countries that haven’t been making the news.

With the fewest infections of any state, Alaska proves contact tracing can work — even in America.

Covid-19 is showing us what ending mass incarceration could look like. Some judges and prosecutors like what they see.

As farms and restaurants close, organizers are mobilizing to make sure the food left behind gets to where it’s needed most.

As people’s homes become bulwarks against the pandemic, funding for health care is being spent on housing. Maybe they were the same thing all along.

Chile is banning cereal mascots and slapping warning labels on unhealthy foods. Now even the kids won’t touch them.

From transgender clinics to big wins in the fight against HIV, the landscape for LGBT health is nearly unrecognizable from just 10 years ago.

In country after country, one of the world’s deadliest diseases is being eradicated. In many cases, it’s women leading the fight.

They’re the medical system’s eyes and ears, yet they’re treated as crisis managers. Now some cities are letting their paramedics get to know their patients, with remarkable results.

What would happen if our first step towards solving homelessness was to actually give people someplace to live?

By decriminalizing even “hard” drugs like heroin and cocaine, Portugal drove down HIV rates and overdose deaths—and proved beyond a doubt that harm reduction works.

How a once-radical idea is becoming the norm in country after country.

A doctor in Denver is blending the Medicaid model with a capitalist profit motive, offering high-quality health care without the frills.