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Hospital treatment, staffing, capacity, patient care, and healthcare-system pressures.

5,731 stories · 60 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026491 stories
The darker side of being a doctor↗ drericlevi.pages.dev · HN · 340 comments · 281 points · Sep 23, 2026
Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study↗ ysph.yale.edu · HN · 979 comments · 902 points · Aug 17, 2026
Midjourney Medical↗ midjourney.com · HN · 878 comments · 1377 points · Jun 18, 2026
The American Healthcare Conundrum↗ github.com · HN · 656 comments · 523 points · Mar 16, 2026
Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)↗ pbs.org · HN · 84 comments · 288 points · Jan 22, 2026
2025580 stories
Seven diabetes patients die due to undisclosed bug in Abbott's glucose monitors↗ sfconservancy.org · HN · 154 comments · 446 points · Dec 26, 2025
What Americans die from vs. what the news reports on↗ ourworldindata.org · HN · 474 comments · 710 points · Oct 14, 2025
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over↗ nbcnews.com · HN · 495 comments · 785 points · Sep 25, 2025
Myocardial infarction may be an infectious disease↗ tuni.fi · HN · 179 comments · 498 points · Sep 13, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne has died↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 139 comments · 610 points · Jul 22, 2025
2024739 stories
Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths↗ bbc.com · HN · 824 comments · 505 points · Dec 12, 2024
Starting Hospice↗ jakeseliger.com · HN · 145 comments · 1209 points · Aug 05, 2024
Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event'↗ independent.co.uk · HN · 423 comments · 468 points · Jun 11, 2024
The darker side of being a doctor (2017)↗ drericlevi.substack.com · HN · 500 comments · 621 points · Apr 13, 2024
Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure↗ statnews.com · HN · 230 comments · 531 points · Jan 29, 2024
2023810 stories
High myopia is now the leading cause of blindness in Japan, China, and Taiwan↗ wired.com · HN · 187 comments · 285 points · Dec 27, 2023
Post-apocalyptic life in American health care↗ metarationality.com · HN · 177 comments · 210 points · Dec 25, 2023
Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency↗ theregister.com · HN · 66 comments · 82 points · Dec 24, 2023
Health concerns mounting as animals become sick after train derailment↗ wkbn.com · HN · 46 comments · 89 points · Feb 12, 2023
Heart attacks on rise for 25-44 age group↗ khon2.com · HN · 20 comments · 71 points · Jan 29, 2023
2022784 stories
I analyzed hospital price lists so you didn't have to↗ dolthub.com · HN · 391 comments · 592 points · Jul 07, 2022
Shortsightedness has become an epidemic↗ economist.com · HN · 400 comments · 528 points · Jun 12, 2022
Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession in the next year↗ healthcareitnews.com · HN · 1261 comments · 1367 points · Apr 27, 2022
YouTuber builds his own x-ray machine after $69k hospital bill (2021)↗ popularmechanics.com · HN · 410 comments · 370 points · Mar 24, 2022
I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer↗ seema.page · HN · 513 comments · 612 points · Mar 08, 2022
2021922 stories
Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings in pricing by procedure↗ healthcaredive.com · HN · 442 comments · 487 points · Sep 22, 2021
Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed↗ wsj.com · HN · 346 comments · 457 points · May 24, 2021
How Doctors Die (2013)↗ saturdayeveningpost.com · HN · 319 comments · 589 points · Apr 03, 2021
Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare: study↗ med.stanford.edu · HN · 528 comments · 563 points · Mar 31, 2021
Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies↗ turquoise.health · HN · 374 comments · 447 points · Jan 18, 2021
20201,405 stories
One in five Covid-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days – study↗ reuters.com · HN · 360 comments · 488 points · Nov 10, 2020
Over 80% of Covid-19 patients in a hospital study have Vitamin D deficiency↗ endocrine.org · HN · 363 comments · 654 points · Oct 27, 2020
Notes on My Colon Cancer↗ charlieharrington.com · HN · 291 comments · 516 points · Oct 21, 2020
Former CEO of RadioShack now an ER doctor on frontlines of Covid-19 fight↗ nationalpost.com · HN · 194 comments · 604 points · Apr 15, 2020
Back pain is a problem which is badly treated↗ economist.com · HN · 280 comments · 467 points · Jan 16, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

The darker side of being a doctor↗ drericlevi.pages.dev · HN · 340 comments · 281 points · Sep 23, 2026
Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless↗ economist.com · HN · 143 comments · 126 points · Sep 24, 2026
There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy↗ experimental-history.com · HN · 73 comments · 89 points · Sep 23, 2026
Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study↗ ysph.yale.edu · HN · 979 comments · 902 points · Aug 17, 2026
Two and a half years without a gallbladder↗ tracydurnell.com · HN · 37 comments · 44 points · Sep 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

The darker side of being a doctor↗ drericlevi.pages.dev · HN · 340 comments · 281 points · Sep 23, 2026
Please don't rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge↗ theguardian.com · HN · 183 comments · 145 points · Sep 03, 2026
Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless↗ economist.com · HN · 143 comments · 126 points · Sep 24, 2026
New York thoracic surgeon: "For many patients 9/11 is not over"↗ statnews.com · HN · 50 comments · 108 points · Sep 11, 2026
A mysterious kidney disease has arrived in Texas↗ texasmonthly.com · HN · 91 comments · 96 points · Sep 04, 2026
There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy↗ experimental-history.com · HN · 73 comments · 89 points · Sep 23, 2026
Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patients↗ capitalandmain.com · HN · 19 comments · 57 points · Aug 31, 2026
Patients Who Fight Health Insurance Denials Often Win↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 28 comments · 45 points · Sep 14, 2026
Two and a half years without a gallbladder↗ tracydurnell.com · HN · 37 comments · 44 points · Sep 24, 2026
Mark Cuban: Why US hospitals "don't know their costs"↗ beckershospitalreview.com · HN · 67 comments · 30 points · Sep 03, 2026

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