TIME reveals the third annual TIME100 Health list, recognizing the 100 most influential individuals in health.

Fewer than 4% of clinical trials are done in Africa, so Dr. Tariro Makadzange, a clinical assistant professor at Stanford University, founded the Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) in 2024 to ...

But, Carpenter has so far avoided arrest and other penalties thanks to a New York “shield law” that protects providers who offer out-of-state abortions, and ACT’s work continues. “ [Most people in the ...

Nabarun Dasgupta, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leads the school’s Opioid Data Lab, working to identify emerging compounds of concern, like medetomidine, and ...

The approved treatments target prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors, but Bultó says the company is studying the therapy for other cancers as well. In 2026, Novartis announced plans to build its ...

Michael Osterholm is a well-known figure in global health, heading up the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and establishing himself as an outspoken critic of ...

Kevin Díaz has seen “good deaths”—the kind that are directed by and aligned with the values of the person dying—and he’s seen bad deaths. The latter haunt him and inspire his work as president and CEO ...

As the first program of its kind in the U.S., Rx Kids gives moms in select Michigan communities no-strings-attached cash during pregnancy and early infancy to improve health and economic stability.

To Inman Grant, interacting on digital platforms presents health hazards in the same way swimming at Australia’s beaches does; not all the dangers are visible and swimmers need to be trained in how to ...

In Kenya, community health worker Josephine Barasa has been mentoring and advising young women in Nairobi on issues related to sexual health and gender violence. There’s plenty of need: Many of the ...

This startling disparity is partly what drove Angela Doyinsola Aina to co-found Black Mamas Matter Alliance in 2016. “We wanted to be able to define the solutions we know can end maternal mortality ...

Find out why Ilaria Villa is on the TIME100 Health 2026 list.