healthcare
I’m Intersex. Here’s How That Affects My Sex Life.
“I’ve never understood the idea in society that people should be ashamed of differences like this.”
MrBeast Cured 1,000 People's Blindness Because Society Is Broken
That a wealthy YouTuber had to step in to provide access to a quick surgery is dystopian, but that may have been the point.
Amazon Will Now Be Your Pharmacist, If You Subscribe to Prime
The company's new RxPass service is its latest foray into providing healthcare, after buying One Medical for $3.9 billion.
Hundreds of Women ‘Denied Healthcare for Being Virgins’
“No woman should ever be denied access to healthcare on the grounds of ‘virginity’,” the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said after a VICE World News investigation led to more than 200 people saying they'd experienced similar issues.
Women in the UK Are Being Denied Medical Treatment Because They’re Virgins
VICE World News has spoken to women who say healthcare professionals told them they couldn’t receive internal examinations because they weren’t sexually active, going against ultrasound guidelines in Britain.
Trans People Are Seeking Nonbinary Bottom Surgeries
Across the gender spectrum, some patients are looking for mixed sets of genitals, or none at all. Actually receiving this affirming care isn't easy.
What Happens When Doctors Don’t Learn How to Do Abortions?
“In those 2 a.m. moments in the middle of the night, will you know what you need to do to save someone's life?”
Starbucks Is Ending COVID Benefits
The coffee giant has repeatedly argued it can’t change benefits for unionizing stores, but this move will impact unionizing stores.
A Woman Needed Help After an Abortion. She Had to Wait Because She Wasn’t Dying Yet.
“It's the first time in my life I was denied care by a medical professional.”
A Dystopia Where AI Runs U.S. Healthcare and Asks Patients to Die
Listen to ‘The Counselor,’ another story from Motherboard’s first ever short story collection.
TikTok’s Parent Company Bought a Bunch of Hospitals for $1.5B
This deal marks one of the biggest purchases made since Beijing’s anti-monopoly crackdown on tech companies started, in late 2020.
How Florida Twisted Science to Deny Healthcare to Trans Kids
VICE News spoke to 10 researchers who weren’t aware their work was being used for Florida's anti-trans agenda—and said it’s being misrepresented.