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

Margaret Carpenter

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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Opinion

Kevin Díaz

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 ...
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 ...
Brothers Hank and John Green, both novelists and YouTube creators whose Vlogbrothers channel has more than 4 million subscribers, have given global health a platform through their social-media ...
Since becoming head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which covers health care services for about 140 million Americans, Dr. Mehmet Oz has brought the prevention-focused mindset that ...
GARDP’s executive director, Dr. Manica Balasegaram, cites the approval as a success of the partnership between the nonprofit, which organized the clinical trials that showed the drug was 90% effective ...
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 ...