AMA's focus on health care for persons who are incarcerated was in response to the US Supreme Court’s 1964 Cooper v Pate holding.

A midwife in the 1800s deserves our attention following the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022.

Modern epidemiological science developed as domestic and international infectious disease transmission accompanied industrialization and colonial military expansion.

Hospital design standards were debated for decades and were ultimately ceded to nurses and architects. This article describes key moments along that trajectory.

Modern evidence-based designers’ lineage was prominently shaped between 1800 and 1970.

A paradigm shift in circadian science is underway, exposing ethical tensions from a legacy of pervasive neglect of circadian disorders.

The American Medical Association was a major player in debates about vivisection in the late 1800s to mid-1950s.

Black and queer community-based harm reduction practices can help guide development and implementation of anti-overdose interventions.

Antibiotics can be compared to other forms of “tragedy of the commons,” whereby a common good (effective treatment of infections) is jeopardized by individual consumption and lack of stewardship.

Resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since we started using modern antimicrobials.