Truthout
Health Care
![A magnified view of T. Pallidum, the cause of syphilis](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0304-syphilis-400x300.jpg)
Drug Shortage Is Hampering Efforts to Rein In Alarming Surge of Syphilis Cases
Health experts say federal health authorities have failed to prevent this predictable emergency.
![A Black health care worker appears tired through a window](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0224-health-care-worker-400x300.jpg)
Report: 70% of Health Workers in Black Communities Witnessed Discrimination
A new survey of 3,000 employees shows just how pervasive discrimination is.
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/SEG2-nasserpatientfleesdevastating-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Raid on Nasser Hospital Deepens “Public Health Nightmare” in Gaza
“Every single health care provider in the world should stand up against” these attacks, says Dr. Thaer Ahmad.
![Participants hold signs at a rally outside Jones Day offices, the law firm currently represents drug corporations suing to stop medicare negotiations for lower drug prices, in Manhattan, New York, on August 16, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0213-drug-prices-400x300.jpg)
Judge Dismisses Big Pharma Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
This is the second setback the pharmaceutical industry has faced in court since filing a barrage of lawsuits last year.
![a smartphone bearing a family's gofundme campaign is seen against a darkened background](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0212-smartphone-400x300.jpg)
GoFundMe Is Not Closing the Gap for Unaffordable Health Care
Research shows the platform tends to reinforce socioeconomic disparities while most campaigns fail to reach their goals.
![People hold a press conference outside of a building labeled "PREGNANCY CENTER"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0212-pregnancy-center-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Outnumbered Abortion Clinics Even Before “Dobbs”
As clinics close, they may be the only affordable option for some, especially for those without health insurance.
![A Gazan mother, Sabreen al-Azami, who was displaced from Beit Lahia city when she was seven months pregnant due to Israeli attacks and took refuge in a tent, is seen holding her daughter Sukkar in her arms, in Rafah, Gaza, on December 23, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0208_gaza-parents-2-400x300.jpg)
Pregnant Palestinians Are Trapped as Israel Assaults Southern Gaza
An Israeli invasion of Rafah could turn sprawling refugee camps into death traps for displaced Palestinians.
![Former President Donald Trump delivers remarks during his primary night rally at the Sheraton on January 23, 2024, in Nashua, New Hampshire.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0206-trump-pp-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Coalition Plans to Further Privatize Medicare Under Trump
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 aims to make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment option for Medicare.
![A Palestinian injured in a strike at a house is brought in for treatment at the Kuwaiti Hospital on January 17, 2024, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1935926874-400x300.jpg)
Destruction of Gaza’s Health System Isn’t a Byproduct, It’s an Aim of Genocide
Israel’s destruction of the health care system in Gaza maximizes the ongoing Zionist project of elimination.
![New York City Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan (L), Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom (R), and HTC union members announces a medical debt relief program that will invest $18 million over three years to relieve over $2 billion in medical debt for hundreds of thousands of working-class New Yorkers during a press conference on January 22, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1948085927-400x300.jpg)
Local Governments Are Pledging to Cancel Medical Debt for Residents
New York City is the latest to join the growing initiative, pledging to pay down $2 billion in debt.