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‘In tears before I even logged in’: Cigna call center workers challenge working conditions

Employees started a petition demanding improvements, including lifting a pay raise freeze and removing pressure to meet metrics

Like millions of Americans, I can never leave my spouse. I’ll lose my healthcare

My access to doctors is tied to my husband – and his access is tied to his employer. Land of the free indeed

Booking a summer holiday abroad? Here’s what you need to know

British travellers face challenges this year not only from the Covid crisis, but also the effects of Brexit. Here’s the lowdown

What does Brexit mean for you? Shopping, mobile calls, flying, driving …

Big changes to our lives, and livelihoods, and on their way from 1 January when the transition period ends

UK tourists who need routine treatment to be covered in EU for 12 months

British government says people entitled to NHS care who need treatment such as dialysis can apply

Covid drives more people in UK to fund own operations

Patients are going private for knee, hip and cataract operations – here’s what they can expect to pay

Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says

Prior to pandemic, 160 million got insurance through their job – but up to 7 million are unlikely to find new plans, say researchers

Portugal considers subsidising UK tourists’ post-Brexit healthcare

Country considers continuing cover offered by European health insurance card

We’re broke, not poor: how I became downwardly mobile

We have educations, credit cards, were raised with privilege and access – but our lives are filled with financial uncertainty

‘I live on the street now’: how Americans fall into medical bankruptcy

Having health insurance is often not enough to save Americans from massive debts when serious illness strikes

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  • ‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
  • I threw a potato. Mum brandished a knife … would whole-family therapy save our Christmas?
  • ‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada
  • Sport, music, Scouts … it’s time to end the relentless treadmill of kids’ extracurricular activities and re-embrace civilisation
  • How to eat, drink and be merry – while pregnant – at Christmas
  • UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
  • The Divided Mind by Edward Bullmore review – do we finally know what causes schizophrenia?
  • Worried about winter? 10 ways to thrive – from socialising to Sad lamps to celebrating the new year in April
  • ‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows
  • The 175 best holiday gift ideas for 2025, vetted by the Guardian US staff
  • New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea
  • Endings are hard, but facing them helps us to heal
  • The one change that worked: sharing ‘accountability’ notes has made life better for both of us
  • ‘Oysters are a risk, as is raw meat’: why you get food poisoning – and how to avoid it
  • ‘I feel shrink-wrapped’: the reluctant rise of shapewear for men
  • House Republicans propose healthcare plan with no extension of tax credits
  • Friday briefing: How the Free Birth Society’s ​philosophy ​contributed to a ​preventable ​death
  • Senate rejects dual healthcare bills as Obamacare tax credits expiration nears
  • One in five women in England say their concerns were ignored during childbirth, survey finds
  • The best experience gifts in the UK for Christmas, tried and tested, from life-drawing to wizard tea
  • Is it a good idea to have a hot toddy when you’re sick?
  • Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?
  • Could a drug for narcolepsy change the world?
  • Is it true that… you should take vitamin C when you’ve got a cold?
  • The truth about the ‘gender care gap’: are men really more likely to abandon their ill wives?
  • The best UK Christmas gifts for dads (that aren’t whisky or novelty socks)
  • ‘It’s absolute anarchy’: Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them?
  • Death of Irish mother in ‘free birth’ reveals how poor maternity care is pushing women towards extreme influencers
  • It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to
  • Magazine Dreams review – powerful bodybuilding drama dogged by star Jonathan Majors’ assault conviction
  • Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
  • Is it true that … a glass of wine a day is good for your heart?
  • Reciting the names of the dead: how Australia’s response to HIV/Aids was emotionally – and politically – powerful
  • If toxic humility is a thing, I definitely have it. But perhaps there’s another way
  • Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain?
  • Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say
  • I want to become a single mum, but feel envious of peers with partners
  • ‘I tried to capture her inner world – but couldn’t’: Tom de Freston on painting his wife pregnant and nude
  • I got an epidural for all three of my births – none of them worked as expected
  • Does methylene blue really have wellness benefits or will it just leave you with the blues?
  • Two-sip martinis – and IV infusion drips: Soho House’s CEO on how wellness replaced hedonism
  • NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charity
  • Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
  • The one change that worked: I was trembling with anxiety when I found a fun, free way to get calm
  • Monday briefing: What a new Guardian investigation reveals about a group ‘radicalising’ women into unassisted birth
  • The 36 best gift ideas for US teens in 2025 – picked by actual teens
  • The loneliness fix: I wanted to find new friends in my 30s – and it was easier than I imagined
  • Five key findings from our investigation into the Free Birth Society
  • Being labelled a Highly Sensitive Person was validating and empowering – until it wasn’t
  • My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

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